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and feveral other Aquaticks of lefs note 5 to 

 which I might join the Elm, as being pro- 

 perly of this Watry Tribe. 



But if the Trees that are rais'd are defign'd 

 for Hedges or Dwarf-Wood, 1 cann't but re- 

 commend a Shrub I have obferv'd to grow 

 in Lincoln-JInre, in Moorifli Boggy Ground, 

 which they call EUer^ having a large fhining 

 Leaf, and the Wood looks very beautiful ^ 

 this, I have experienced, has been propagated 

 by Layers. 



(5.) The next Kind of Poor Wet Land, 

 I have obferv'd, is a Wet Spewy Gravel, in- 

 termixed with Clay, where the Springs carry 

 off, by Percolation, the Vital part of the 

 Ground ; In this I have obferv*d Abeals, 

 Poplar, Alder, and Elm likewife to profper 

 tolerably w>::ll. 



(6.) The laft is a Stiff, Rank, Cold Clay, 



which tho' it produce very good Herbage, 



(fome of which Land, on the account of 



Paflure, 1 have known to yield 20 j. an Acre, 



near an hundred Miles from London*^} yet 



'tis a hard matter to make Trees profper to 



any manner of advantage, efpecially thofe 



that are planted large 3 for the Untradable- 



nefs of the Earth is fuch, that it rots the 



Fibres, before ever they can ftrike to fave 



Life to themfelves. Whoever therefore plants 



on fuch Ground, mufl be very careful in 



making large Holes five or fix Foot wide, and 



plant the Foot of the Tree level with the 



Surface of the Ground. 



And 



