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THE Swamp Pine has only this advan- 

 tage over the others, that it is fuppofed to 

 grow in wetter places than them. As to 

 its wood and beauty, it is, to view, not 

 much different from the Pinafter, is as 

 hardy a tree, and will thrive on hard dry 

 ground as well as in bogs. The Scotch 

 Fir will grow in very wet ground. 



THE Mountain Pine (commonly called 

 the Scotch Fir) is what we are beft ac- 

 quainted with, and is known to thrive in 

 poor gravel, rocky mountains, and in all 

 kinds of foils and fituations ; but in low 

 fituations and good land the wood is not fo 

 good as when the foil is but indifferent and 

 the fituation high, which makes it valuable. 



I KNEW two plantations of Scotch Firs 

 that were planted at the fame time ; fixty 

 years after they were planted they were cut. 

 The one was on a riling ground, which 

 was (hallow and very poor ; the other was 

 on a low ground, which was ftrong, and 

 #11 the winter covered with water : that 

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