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Therefore, the most expeditious, and obvious 

 Method^ would (doubtless) be by one of these 

 two ways, Sowing, or Planting. But, first, it 

 will be requisite to agree upon the Species; as 

 what Trees are likely to be of greatest Use, and 

 the fittest to be cultivated ; and then, to con- 

 sider of the Manner how it may best be effected. 

 Truly, the waste, and destruction of our Woods, 

 has been so universal, that I conceive nothing 

 less then an universal Plantation of all the 

 sorts of Trees will supply, and will encounter 

 the defect; and therefore, I shall here adventure 

 to speak something in general of them all; 

 though I chiefly insist upon the propagation of 

 such only as seem to be the most wanting, and 

 serviceable. . . . 



* I speak only here as a plain Husband-man, 

 and a simple Forester, out of the limits whereof 

 I hope I have not unpardonably transgressed.' 

 John Evelyn's Syha ; or, a Discourse of Forest 

 Trees, and the Propagation 'of Timber, 1664 (pp. 

 i, 2, and 34). 



