3^ for a Country Seat. 



Nature, that is not perh'^ps in the Power of 

 any private Purfe to perform ^ whoever would 

 then chufe aSoil for himfeiljlliould be particu- 

 larly careful in this Point : looo I. being foon 

 expended to renif^d) any Defcft in this Matter. 



I have now finiflit whM I thought fit to 

 premife for the Choice of Soils in general, 

 as it relates to the Inftruftions of thofethat 

 are tp purchafe VUlas for planting, e^r. 

 The particular Nature of Earths with all its 

 Improvements will more properly come in 

 fome of the fucceeding Periods : The next 

 Confideration is concerning Wood, the Beauty 

 of which is fo well known, and Co generally 

 acknowledged by all, who have the Icaft 

 Tafte of Country Amufements, that there 

 feems to be no Occafion for me to enlarge 

 upon it, efpecially in England^ where 'tis our 

 Ornament and Safeguard at home, but our 

 Puiflince and Glory abroad : Tis in very 

 many Refpefts the truly Decus and Tutamen 

 of thefe happy Iflands, the Lofs and Negleft 

 of propagating, of which may in Time end 

 in the fatal and unhappy Diflblution of the 

 noblcft Kingdoms in the World. 



Of this we have feveral kinds that excel 

 each other in the Objeft of their Choice : 

 The Principal w^hereof, is the Oak, Elm, and 

 Beach : Of an inferior Account, Aili, Chef- 

 nut, Sycamore, and Maple ; and for Beauty 

 and brnament, the Lyme, Yew, Holley, &c. 

 thole Woods are fo much the more beautiful 



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