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THERE muft be no places left for (ow- 

 ing here ; for the moifture would rot the 

 feeds. Spruce-fir, and the fwamp-pine 

 will thrive well in (uch places ; and the 

 plane tree will grow, if there is a foot 

 deep of foil. Every one of the poplar kind 

 will do very well ; but I think they ftiould 

 all give place to the oak, which will thrive 

 to admiration. 



POPLARS of all kinds have come into 

 great efleem of late years, being found 

 very fit for every fort of country bufinefs. 

 Several gentlemen have made chamber- 

 floors of them, which anfwer very well ; 



but they will not be of long duration. 



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As wood is fcarce in many places, a 

 fmall place might be allotted for a planta- 

 tion of poplars ; and as they are of a 

 quick growth, they will come to ufe in a 

 few years, and lave better wood. They 

 will grow in any land that is not very hard 

 and dry ; but as the intention of planting 

 them is, that they may foon become pro- 

 B 3 fita- 



