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the purpofe of thinning it, fo that they were not the 

 belt of the trees ; his Lordfhip cut down one of the 

 lame age which meafured 74 feet. 



Before I quit this fubjecl:, I will venture to re- 

 commend another tree to the attention of all plan- 

 ters upon poor light lands, which feems to exceed 

 moft others in growth. It is the tall ftraight-grow- 

 ing pinafler, which is frequently planted with 

 Scotch firs ; and, when they grow up together, by 

 many incurious people, is taken for a Scotch fir. 

 But I have always remarked its fuperiority of fize 

 when mixed with it, and of the fame age. In fhort, 

 it frequently grows as fall as an alder, or an afh, 

 and therefore, if it be planted merely with a view of 

 being cut down for fuel, it will be found a very 

 profitable tree in many parts of England : but as it 

 will grow to a very large fize, it will, in my opi- 

 nion, be found applicable to many ufeful purpofes, 

 as it admits of being cut into very large fcantlings. 

 As a decided proof of its advantage over the Scotch 

 fir in growth, and cenfequently in value, I need 

 only Rate, that about forty years fince, his late 

 Royal Highnefs William Duke of Cumberland 

 made a plantation of nearly a hundred acres on a 

 remarkably poor fandy land, adjoining to Bagfhot 

 Heath, in Surry, chiefly with Scotch firs, but with 

 a fmaller proportion of pi nailers intermixed with 

 them. The plantation is reckoned to have fuc- 

 ceeded extremely well, and has been a great orna- 

 ment 



