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jio doubt but it will, there will fhoots 

 come from the bottom for iome time: 

 thefe mufl be pruned and dreffed accoi'd- 

 ing to trie general rules for pruning and 

 drefling foreft- trees. 



THERE are many kinds of wood very 

 -beneficial to be raied where public works 

 are carried en at or near the place, which 

 ocean" on s a great demand for wood. 



WHERE there are coal-pits whofe roofs 

 are bad, and require a great deal of wood 

 for fupports, it would be of great advan- 

 tage in fuch places to allot twenty acres of 

 good land to be fown with am-feeds, 

 which grow very fad. 



AFTER they are come to a proper fize, 

 if the ground was quite cleared as they 

 were wanted, there would be an immenfe 

 quantity of wood. They would be fit for 

 fuch ufes in about twenty years after fow- 

 ing ; and if the field was begun at one end 

 and cut regularly, before they were all 

 H 3 gone 



