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good Plants and good Seed, be it in their re-: 

 Ipeftive Confiderations for the ufe either of 

 the Husbandman, or the Gardener and Plan- 

 ter ; as for poor unfruitful Grounds, having 

 but 'a thin Cruft, yet good Earth at the Depth 

 of 18 or 20 Inches, tlie Seed or Plants that 

 are to be planted in fuch Grounds are to be' 

 nourifli'd and maintain'd, until their Roots 

 defcend and reach unto that good Earth; 

 therefore, not only choice Plants are to be 

 provided, but alfo good Earth to fet or plant 

 therein, thofe Plants, Trees or Seeds, but of 

 this you will hereafter have more ample Di- 

 reftions. 



To fum up al I, there are few of thofe Lands 

 formerly mention'd, but may be made tolera- 

 bly good for planting Timber Trees in 5 and 

 fewer yet but may be good for Corn and 

 Grafs except thefe following. Firft, All Lands 

 -that be near the skirts of the Sea, for the Mifts, 

 Foggs, and Winds that come thence, much 

 endanger them and hinder their thriving. Se- 

 condly, All high and dry Mountains, for- they 

 •do not oniy want Moiftnefs of Earth, but are 

 infefted by great Winds which frequently 

 blow in thofe Places, and are very hurtful^ 

 snd although there are, and have been feen 

 Trees growing on high Hil Is, yet it is my Opi- 

 iiion they were not planted there by Man, but 

 '^ere the Prodoftion of the Earth, and an Ef- 

 feft of the firft Creation. Thirdly, All Lands 

 that lye flat, an4 are Subjeft to Inundations 



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