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Hornbeam; carpinus Is much ufed for hedges r for 

 which it is very good ; when fufFered to grow to any 

 fize it is ufed for the fame purpofes as beech. I have 

 heard from a perfon, on whofe information I have the 

 ftrongeft dependance, that this tree grows much larger 

 in this county than in any part of England ; it will 

 grow on almoft any foil and expofure. 



Sycamore; acer. One of the hardiefl trees we have; 

 yet a very curious faft concerning it is, that it does not 

 thrive at Waringftown, where moft trees grow better 

 than in mod parts of the county. 



CheRnut-, fagus. This is a moft valuable tree, the 

 wood of uncommon duration, reckoned in England 

 fuperior to oak for pofts and rails, the moft trying ufc 

 any timber can be put to; when of a proper fize it is 

 excellent for furniture, taking a very good polifh. It 

 is a hardy tree, growing on moft foils; the largeft I 

 have feen are thofe at Orange-Grove in the county of 

 Antrim, the foil a deep fandy loam. 



Horfe-cheftnut; aefculus. Grows in moft foils and 

 fituations, beft in a fandy loam. This tree does not 

 require much culture, and being quick of growth, is 

 proper to plant where cover is fpeedily required* I 

 have not heard of this tree being tried as timber. 



Poplar; pcpulus. Of this tree there are many va- 

 rieties, all quick growers; though they agree with wet 

 and boggy foils, they will do well almoft in any fitna- 

 tion. The abele, or large-leaved white poplar, is a 



moft 



