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hcltig placed much clofer, will hide 

 jthe naked Stems of the larger Trees, 

 and have an agreeable Effect to 

 the Sight. 



The Timber of thefe Trees is 

 of excellent Ufe in America, for 

 building of VelTels, wainfcoting 

 Houfes, and for making many Sorts 

 Qf Ucenfils, it abounding with a 

 bitter Refm, which prevents its 

 being deftroyM by Vermin, but it 

 is very brittle, and fo not proper 

 for ftubborn Ufes; but however, 

 by increafmg the Number of our 

 -Timber Trees, we (hall find many 

 Advantages, befides the Pleafure 

 their Variety affords, for we may 

 hereby have Trees pf very different 

 Kinds, which are adapted to grow 

 in various Soils and Situations, 

 whereby we fhall never want pro- 

 per Trees for all the different Sorts 

 of Soils in England, it proper Care 

 be taken m their Choice, which 

 would be a great Improvement of 

 many Parts of this Kingdom, which 

 now lie unplanted, becaufe the 

 Owner, perhaps, finds that neither 

 Oaks or Elmi will thrive there, and 

 fo confequently concludes that no 

 other Sort will j which is a great 

 Miftake, for if we confider how 

 different the Strudure of Trees is, 

 (being defign'd by the Wife Author 

 and Contriver of all Things, to 

 grow on different Soils and Situa- 

 tions) and only obferve what Sorts 

 are adapted for growing upon dry, 

 barren Mountains, and what are 

 defign'd for the lower and richer 

 Vallies, we need never be at a Lofs 

 for proper Trees for all Sorts of 

 Ground. 



The Bermudas Cedar coming 

 from a more temperate Climate, 

 is foraewhat tenderer than the for- 

 mer, and more impatient of our 

 "Cold (efpecially while the Plants 



arc young) but afterwards it en- 

 dures it very well, as may be feen 

 by divers Trees which are now 

 growing in England, ibrae of which 

 are upward of twenty Feet high, 

 and have refilled ieveral fevere 

 Winters without Injury: But thefe 

 Cedars are not of fo quick a Growth 

 here, as in a more temperate Cli- 

 mate j for in their native Country 

 they will grow to be large enougih 

 for Ship-timber in twenty Years, 

 from Seed (as I have been credi- 

 bly informed by fcveral Pcrfbns 

 v/ho have lived there many Years :) 

 However, when they have been 

 fome Time naturalized to our 

 Country, there is no doubt but 

 they will thrive much better than 

 at prefent, efpecially when the 

 Trees here produce Berries, for the 

 young Plants raifed therefrom will 

 be much hardier than thofe procu- 

 red from foreign Seeds, as is evi- 

 dent in many other Kinds. 



Thefe Plants are propagated by 

 Seeds in the fame Manner as the 

 former, with only this Difference, 

 that thefe fhould be fbwn in Pots 

 or Tubs of Earth, that they may 

 be removed into Shelter in the 

 Winter-time, otherwife the young 

 Plants are often hurt by hard 

 Froftsi but they will require no 

 more Care than only to be placed 

 under a common Hot-bed Frame, 

 that the GlalTes may be conftantly 

 kept off in mild Weather, when 

 they can't have too much free Air, 

 and only covered in hard Frofls. 

 Thefe Seeds do conftnntly remain 

 in the Ground until the fecond 

 Year before they come up, there- 

 fore the Earth in the Pots fhould 

 not be difturb'd, and in the Sum- 

 mer-time they fhould be placed in 

 the Shade, to prevent the Earth 

 frojn drying too fafl, and in very 



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