OF THE COUNTY OF DOWN. i6j 



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Walnut, --. 40 



Gaugamel fallow, 3 6 Not growing in favourable foil ; 



a cutting of one of thefe fal- 

 lows, planted in a favourable 

 fituation eighteen years ago, 

 ;. is now four feet in circumfe- 



rence, and near thirty in 

 height. 



Sweet cheftnut, * 4 6 



From this flatement it appears, that upon foils fuch 

 as I have defcribed this to be, and that the prices of 

 all kinds of timber were the fame, fuppofng the timber 

 to be proportioned to the meafurement given, that the 

 moft profitable would be the beech, lime, and fyca- 

 more, next the firs, and that the oak ranks among the 

 loweft ; but we muft confider, that at fifty years old 

 the oak is only beginning to grow, whilft fome of the 

 others are verging to decay. The elms rank high ; and 

 the larch, being free from knots, is timber to the top. 

 The evergreen oak is a fingle tree, therefore nothing 

 can be faid pofitively refpecting it, and it is not above 

 five feet until the ftem divides. 



The growth of timber here given is not mentioned 

 as particularly large for the time of planting, but as a 

 general view of the progrefs of different trees, upon a 

 foil fuch as I have defcribed, and which, with fome 

 variation, is the general foil of the county. Many 

 places might be fixed on, where the growth is much. 



greater ', 



