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ylt cann't befaid properly that any Treq 

 loves fuch barren Land 5 but being of a ra- 

 pacious Nature, as is the Abeal, &c. and ex- 

 traordinary free Growers in all tolerable 

 good Land, they do the beft of any thing 

 that 'tis poflible to plant 5 and the Poornefs 

 of the Earth curbs the Licentioufnefs of the 

 Shoots, and makes them obferve the ordina- 

 ry Courfe of Nature : I fay therefore, 'tis in 

 vain to plant any choice Trees, as Lime, 

 Elm, Oak, Beech, &c. unlefs the Owner is 

 refolv'd to make large, deep Holes, and b^ 

 at. an Expence I doubt ceo great for any that 

 have great Plantations, 



This is indeed fomeof the worft Land 1 

 ever obferv'd, there being very little Her-r 

 bage or Grafs, but only Heath, and fuch 

 like ufelefs Shrubs growing thereon ^ and 'tis 

 very much to be doubted whether Beech, 

 ^,,^.v) Hornbeam, or any other kind of Tree, tho' 

 .- • A.is^}iey naturally affed dry Ground, will make 

 any great Progrefs here^ even tho* they^ 

 lliould be rais'd by Seed, which is the moft 

 natural as well as eafy Way. 



(2.) The next in Courfe I have obferv'd 

 in dry Lands^ is a Sandy, deep Soil : Thefe, 

 tho' in their Natures very hungry and poor, 

 have produc'd very large Beeches and Horn- 

 beam 5 the firft, tho* it grows to be a very 

 large Tree,, is yet content with a tolerable 

 Soil 5 but I fuppofe the Trees 1 (hall here- 

 after mention were all of them fowed by 

 Nature, and not planted when very larg^ 



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