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Platanus occidentalis. Called fo becaufe it came from 

 America, as the former came from Afia. This is a 

 quick growing and very beautiful tree, eafily propa- 

 gated by cuttings, but what fize it would grow to I 

 do not know, never having feen any old trees of this 

 kind j it likes a moifr, foil : one in fuch a fituation, near 

 the bridge at Tullamore park, is a well fized tree. 



Elm tree -, vlmits. Of this tree there are many va-. 

 rieties ; all are good timber, -but from their roots run- 

 ning fo much upon the furface, they are liable to be 

 blown down ; which defect has been in fome degree 

 remedied, by engrafting the different kinds of Englifti 

 elms, moft fubjeft to this misfortune, upon Scotch 

 flocks ; one circumftance, however, muft be mentioned, 

 that the graft is very fubjecl: to die after tranfplanta- 

 tion. But, notwithftanding the above-mentioned difad- 

 vantage, upon a deep foil there is no tree more worthy 

 of cultivation, both for beauty and ufe, than the English 

 elm ; for flooring it is very fine ; for the purpofes of 

 conveying water under ground it is unrivalled in dura- 

 tion, and, by the ftraitnefs of its Jftem, excellently adapt- 

 ed for that purpofe. 



Lime tree ; tilia. This is one of our moft ornament 

 tal trees ; it grows rapidly in foils congenial to it, deep 

 aad moift loams. It is not very nfeful for timber, be- 



Jog moftly applied to light and nice work ; fuch as 



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 carving, making models for buildings, bowls, difheSj 



Sec. being too foft for any ftrong work. 



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