FOREST TREES. 



IT is a tree of great ufe, and very pro- 

 fitable to make large plantations of. The* 

 favourite foil of the Beech is a dry light 

 foil, of a foot or eighteen inches deep, 

 with a gravel or ftony bottom, and a high 

 fituation : in fuch ground it will grow 

 very beautiful. 



BIRCH will grow in any foil or fituation, 

 o the hardeft rocks and in the foftefi 

 bogs ;' thofe on the hard rocks never grow 

 to very large trees, but the wood is pretty 

 clofe ; thofe in bogs and wet land grow to 

 large trees, but the wood is fpongy, and 

 the trees will not live to a great age ; thofe 

 On middling land will make fine trees, and 

 live to a good old age. The wood is 

 tolerable, but is not of value to make large 

 plantations of, unlefs where coal-pits or 

 forges are near, to both which they are of 

 great ufe. 



THEY are aifo very beneficial to mstke 



common railing for fencing on walles and 



commons that are planted or taken into' 



I z tillage, 



