84 NOTES. 



560 Wilts Report, p. 94. 



561 Wilts Report, p. 96. Young plants, digging holes, planting, and pro- 

 teciion, may be stated at L. 10 per acre, the interest of which is 10s. per an- 

 num. In 100 years, the timber and underwood, if the plantatiori^succeeded, 

 might sell for L. 130. That is not 26s. as is generally supposed ; for one shil- 

 ling per acre per annum would amount to L. 150 at compound interest, in 100 

 years. 



562 Lord De Vesci finds, if the grass cannot be cut for soiling, that it is the 

 best plan to tether the stock in woods and plantations. 



565 There are four sorts of larch, but the common white larch (Larix pyra- 

 midalisj is the best entitled to attention, where it will thrive. 



564 Derbyshire Report, vol. ii. p. 252. 



565 Observations on the Larch by the Duke of Atholl. Communications to 

 the Board of Agriculture, vol. vii. p. 273. 



566 Communications to the Board of Agriculture, from the Duke of Atholl, 

 vol. vii. p. 276. 



567 Lambert, in his description of the genus Pinus, enumerates ten distinct 

 substances, as turpentine, tar, pitch, lamp-black, &c. 



568 The Duke of Atholl sold a larch of 50 years old, for twelve guineas. A 

 fir of the same age is only worth fifteen shillings. Communications to the Board 

 of Agriculture y vol. vii. p. 276. 



569 Lincolnshire Report, p. 245. 



570 Papers of the Bath and West of England Agricultural Society, vol. x. 

 p. 512. 



571 Remark by Edward Burroughs, Esq. 



572 There is reason to believe, that all the finer branches of tanning, ought 

 to be done by the bark of the mountain-ash, the birch, or the willow tribes, in 

 preference to the oak. Fishermen greatly prefer having their nets barked first 

 with these materials, and afterwards with oak bark. 



575 Mirbel's Lecture, p. 45. 



574 Birch wine is made in Derbyshire, with the assistance of coarse sugar 

 and raisins. Report, vol. ii. p. 216, where the process is described. The most 

 advantageous period for collecting the sap, is immediately before the leaves have 

 expanded. 



575 This oil would be peculiarly calculated, mixed with butter or grease, for 

 smearing sheep, and a small quantity of it would be sufficient. 



576 Davis of Longleat's Essay on Planting ; Papers of the Bath Society, 

 vol. x. p. 511. Mr Davis states, that eight pounds per acre per annum, have 

 been actually made of plantations of this description in the neighbourhood of 

 Highworth, on land not intrinsically worth 10s. per acre for any other purpose. 

 Such respectable authority cannot be questioned, however astonishing the cir- 

 cumstance may appear. 



577 Marshall's Norfolk, vol. ii. p. 71. See also Wilts Report, p. 98. Every 

 farm should have as much ash, and other trees, as will supply it with hurdles. 

 Bucks Report, p. 254. 



578 See Appendix to the Second Report of the Select Committee of the 

 House of Commons, on the State of Disease, &c. in Ireland, printed an. 1819, 

 p. 1 41 and 148. The roots of the ash had not gone down, but had grown quite 

 on the surface, appeared uncovered on the sides, and were coated with a strong 

 bark. Ditto. 



579 Cornwall Report, p. 102. 



580 Middlesex Report, p. 280. 



581 Galloway Report, p. 173. 



582 Aberdeenshire Report, p. 377. 



583 Dr Walker's Hebrides, p. 261. 



584 An isolated fact is mentioned, that a yew tree grew on a sea cliff, in the 

 stormy island of Ikrnera, one of the Hebrides, which, when cut into logs, filled 

 a large boat. General Report of Scotland, (Appendix), vol. iv. p. 466. The seed 

 was probaWy brought there by a bird. It would be a most important discovery, 



