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lights on fuch and fuch Land, what Trees 

 are moft proper to be fown or planted thereon. 

 The firft thing a Gentleman does, is, tocon^ 

 fider the Nature of his Soil. 



Nee vero terra ferre omnes omnia pojfunt. 



Virg. 



And here we may obferve, that we gene- 

 rally meet with about fix Sorts of Land, 

 three of which we may call Poor, Dry, Hot 

 Land, and three of Poor, Cold Lands 5 as 

 for the Midling, Good Soils, all Trees prof- 

 per very well 5 only Cold, Clayey Land 

 (which is neverthelefs very good Pafture) is 

 the worft of all that can poffibly be call'd any 

 thing like good Land for Trees, unlefs very- 

 much meliorated and drained. I fhall there- 

 fore follow my Four firft Divifions. 



(i.) If the Land a Gentleman is to plant c^^^f^^ 

 upon be very Poor, Gravelly, and Dry, (fuch '^^^"^^* 

 as is the Land going to Sir Richard Child's 

 at Wavjlead) twill be in vain to plant any- 

 thing that's choice 5 for as there is but a 

 (hallow Spit of Earth at the Top, fo, to 

 make the Matter yet worfe, there is but a 

 Hungry, Gravelly, Starv'd Bottom 5 for which 

 Reafon a Gentleman ought to plant nothing 

 but Trees that are very free Growers, fuch 

 is the Abeal, Witch-Elm 5 and I have feen 

 the Witch-Hazle profper very well on fuch 

 Lands, tho' it is not much rais'd by our Nur- 

 fery-men. 



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