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are much the fame. They are very beau- 

 tiful, have fine leaves, and grow to a great 

 magnitude. There have not as yet been 

 any large plantations made of them, but 

 there are many fine trees growing in feveral 

 parts of England. 



THE wood is much the fame as that of 

 the Sycamore, and they will thrive in much 

 the fame kinds of grounds ; but to have 

 them grow to perfection they fhould have 

 a good, rich, deep loam, not too ftifF; in 

 fuch foil they will grow to an enormous 

 fize, and when fuch a foil happens in a 

 plantation, fome clumps of them would 

 add greatly to its beauty. 



THE Hornbeam is much of the nature 

 of the Beech, and will thrive in all the 

 fame forts of foils. I can afiign no other 

 reafon for its being generally neglected in 

 plantations, than that the Beech is a much 

 hanclfomer tree, and grows much ftraighter 

 in the fame kinds of ground and fituations. 

 The Hornbeam, if planted thick, will grow* 

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