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make a conftant litter from their firft bud- 

 dins: until the leaves are all sfone. It is a 



o *-* 



tree not fit to plant for profit. 



THE common rough-leafed Elm will 

 thrive in mod foils but hard clay and 

 (landing water ; yet it will thrive by river 

 fides, where the foil is light and fandy (as 

 it generally is) although the roots are three 

 parts warned bare by the water ; but the 

 wet is only temporary and goes off foon. 

 It is an excellent foreft-tree, and is of 

 great utility both in the hufbandry way and 

 cabinet work ; and it has this advantage 

 over all the other kinds of Elms, that it 

 will thrive very well in indifferent ground. 

 Its favourite foil is a light black earth, of a 

 loofe nature and a hard bottom ; in fuch a 

 foil the roots will run a great way, and the 

 trees will grow 'to a great fize, and be very 

 ftraight, if planted thick. 



THEY are raifed from feed and from 



layers ; many prefer the feed, but if the 



layers are rightly managed there is little 



I 3 difference, 



