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except the Ground be of fuch a Nature 

 (as before I have largely defcribed) as to ad- 

 rait of nothing befides, or that nothing elfe 

 will grow upon it 3 however, in Bye-Cor- 

 ners, where the Ground is but indifferent^ 

 they may be planted, even in Lands thatvjill 

 bear better Trees, for their Quicknefs of 

 Growth fake, and to fave the Wafte of bet- 

 ter Timber for Stiles, Stoop, Rail - Gates, 

 '&c. that are the neceffary Furniture of a 

 Villa^ (as has already been, and fhali be much 

 more handled in another Volume.) 

 of Firs. The Noblenefs and Ufefulnefs of thefe 

 Trees, of which we generally advife two 

 Kinds, the Scotch and Silver^ is fuch, that, 

 upon good Land, no Perfon can have too ma- 

 ny 5 tho' if the Land be (hallow or barren, 

 I doubt it will not be worth any Gentle- 

 man's while ^ but where it is ftrong, loamy, 

 hearty Earth, they thrive exceedingly; fuch 

 I have formerly obferv'd at a Place call'd 

 Farleigh near Bafingjhke in Hamppire^ where, 

 unlefs 1 am very much mifinform'd, there 

 were three Firs that were valued at ico /. 

 each 5 befides, the Noblenefs of that Grove 

 is fuch, that a Stranger would juftly Hand 

 amaz d to fee it, if it be the fame as 'twas 

 about fifteen or fixteen Years ago : Upon 

 fuch Land 'tis certain no Tree can be plant- 

 ed to greater Advantage, even beyond Oak or 

 Elm, or any thing elfe : What tJfe it may be 

 to the Druggift in the Extradion of the Sap, 

 Ihall be confidered fome other time. 



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