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IF the heath adjoining the Fir wood be 

 long, when inclofed it will anfwer to make 

 a wood, but will be of very little life as 

 a nurfery, as the length of the heath will 

 draw up the trees weak, and they will be 

 void of branches on the fides until they 

 are grown above the heath, fo will have 

 long weak ftems, and will not be fit to 

 plant. They may be allowed to grow 

 from the firft coming up ; they will grow 

 very faft, and foon be fit for ufe. 



BUT fuch grounds as produce long 

 heath, may be better employed than with 

 Fir-trees, as has been treated of in planting 

 ground covered with long heath. I have 

 heard of fowing Fir-feeds broad-cafl 

 amongft heath, as corn, without any fur- 

 ther trouble, and that it hasfucceeded very 

 well. 



THIS is fomewhat fimilar to what has 

 been juft now treated of, and I make no 

 doubt the hint has been taken from that, 



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pr by feeing the feeds of trees come up iu 



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