O GROWN WOOD.' 



vtill be woods both beautiful and profita- 

 ble. No gentleman mould allow their 

 woods to be cut and mangled, as mofl of 

 them are in the north. 



IT is a cuftom when oak woods are cut" 

 to leave many fmall trees, which is a bad 

 practice ; for if the wood was thick and 

 good, as it ought to be (and would have 

 been, if well managed when young) thefe 

 fmall trees will have long (lender boles, 

 and are very liable to be broke by the 

 wind ; if they fhould efcape being broke, 

 they a're often fo twifted and fhaken, that 

 they never make good wood. If they 

 fhould meet with none of thefe misfor- 

 tunes they will grow to great bufhy heads, 

 and over-hang many of the young trees-. 



WHEN a wood is cut, if there are any 

 {tiff young trees, and four or five of them 

 can be left in a clump, it will anfwer very 

 well, and they will grow fine tall trees ; 

 but if they are left detached they wilt 

 grow no taller. If they meet with no mif- 

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