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Alder; betnla. In moift grounds; a very valuable 

 tree for fuch fituations; nearly as ufeful as afli, and 

 more lafting. Birch, in the fame foil, a beautiful 

 growing tree, but little ufed. 



Mountain- afh; forbus, Timber light and ftrong, 

 though not much ufed. 



Hazel; corylus. Seldom planted ; it delights in a 

 flrong foil; it is ufeful for many purpofes, hoops, &c. 



Holly; Ilex. In molt foils where woods have been, 

 or ftill exifl; it is much planted in fhrubberies> &c. 

 for which it is well calculated, as it preferves its ver- 

 dure the whole year. There are many varieties of this 

 tree beautifully variegated ; fome of them in the gar- 

 dens at HilMborough above thirty feet high. This 

 wood, being white, is much ufed for inlaying. 



White-thorn ; cratagus. In every foil and fituation ; 

 it grows, however, largeft in the deepeft ground. The 

 growth of hedges, formed of this plant, is a good cri- 

 terion to judge of the quality of the foil. The wood 

 of this tree is very hard and clofe, and, when old, is 

 much ufed for cogs in mill-work. 



Beech; fagus Delights in a dry or gravelly ground, 

 in which it grows very faft, with a fmooth and clear 

 bark, and yet fome of the largeft beech in this county 

 are at Waringftown, which is not a dry foil. This 

 timber is of great ufe to turners, 8rc. but when of a 

 eertaia fize, is doubly valuable for beams to beetle 

 white linen, or before it is made up for market, and 

 alfo for making the beetles. 



X Hornbeam; 



