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as the bark of the one is white, and the 

 other a dark green r they are both much 

 of the fame growth as to height, and both 

 their leaves are very fine. 



THE Spanifh Chefnut will thrive in all 

 good foils that are not wet ; it will grow 

 in fandy loam, and in very poor dry 

 ground ; but then it muft be planted 

 young, that is, from the feed-beds, as di- 

 rected for planting poor land : it may alfo 

 in fuch foil be propagated from the nut. 

 It makes a fine made, grows to a very 

 large tree, and is a good durable wood : 

 it is ufeful for all kinds of country bufinefsj 

 and is valuable to make large plantations. 



IT may be objected that fowing the nuts 

 or tree-feeds on poor land is contrary to 

 the directions given for planting poor land, 

 and the reafons that are given for its being 

 done in that manner are, that all feeds 

 fown go down with a tap-root, which 

 they certainly do if the ground is good, or 

 if even it is a hard clay ; but in gravel or 

 ftony ground the tap-root cannot get far 



before 



