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from experience, that at the age of forty or 

 fifty years it will decay with us, as was the 

 case with a large number which were planted 

 by my predecessors in the township of 

 Whitle, in this county, though on good dry 

 land, and a (very nearly) southerly aspect, 

 and which, had I not removed them, would 

 very soon have been altogether valueless. 



MOUNTAIN-ASH. 



A hardy tree, and well adapted to our cli- 

 mate ; though not very valuable as timber, yet 

 is very profitable as coppice wood in every 

 part of England. 



BIRCH. 



This is a very useful timber, and well 

 suited to the climate of North Derbyshire. 

 Its boards are used by wheelwrights for carts, 

 wheelbarrows, and coal-pit tubs, and it is in 

 universal demand for clog soles for the work- 



