Sed. 17' of Foreft Trees. a^i 



tjie Succefs of which would be doubtful, 

 except fome fmall Preparation was made 

 for them, or that they were taken out of 

 Nurferies well ftor'd with Fibres. This Tree 

 our Nurfery-men care not much to raife, be^ 

 caufe it is a flow Grower, and never pays 

 them fo well as Elm, Lime, and Chefnuts do. 



Tq return : On this Ground doubtlefs will 

 profper Abeal, Witch-Elm, Witch* Hazle, and 

 Sycamore, Beech, and Hornbeam, efpecially 

 when fowed. Of this fort is the Ground 

 in the Park of the Right Honourable the 

 the Earl of Carlijle^ where there are very 

 large Beeches growing in that incomparable 

 Wood aforementioned. I have alfo obferv'd 

 the fame at Sir John Brownlow^s at Behon^ 

 near Grantham in Lincolnfiire, Soil that ap- 

 pears to be very poor, but there are fome very 

 fine Plantations of Beech, ^c. 



(3.") A third fort of barren, dry Land I 

 have obferv*d in Buckinghampire^ where Beech 

 is known to thrive in great abundance, and 

 is fuppofed by Cambden to give Name to the 

 County ^ Buchen being in Saxon the Name 

 of Beech, eafily converted to Bucking, 



This Land, tho' it be of very little Value, as 

 being very fliallow, and upon Rocks of Chalk 

 or loofe Stone, produces thefe Trees in a 

 wonderful manner^ and the Accounts of 

 fome young thriving Trees are incredible in 

 forty or fifty Years. I have been fhewn fome 

 that are at leaft two Foot Diameter, and for- 

 ty Foot high 5 which plainly demonftrates 



that 



