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ib proper for that Purpofe as this : 

 But they fliould not be planted too 

 near the Plea fu re-Garden, becaufe 

 the Down which falls trom thefe 

 Trees will make a prodigious 

 Litter. 



The White Sorts, as alfo the AJ- 

 f en-Tree, do alfb caule a great Litter 

 in the Spring, when their Down 

 falls ofFj and their Roots being very- 

 apt to produce a large Quantity of 

 Suckers, renders them unfit to be 

 planted near an Houfe or Garden j 

 but when they are interfpers'd with 

 other Trees in large Plantations, 

 they aiford an agreeable Variety j 

 their Leaves being very white on 

 their Underfides, which when blown 

 with the Wind, are turn'd to Sight, 



A coniiderable Advantage may be 

 obtain'd by planting thefe Trees 

 upon moift boggy Soils, where few 

 other Trees will thrive : Many fuch 

 Places there are in Englmd, which 

 do not, at prefent, bring in much 

 Money to their Owners 5 whereas 

 if they were planted with thefe 

 Trees, they would, in a very few 

 Years, over-purchafe the Ground, 

 clear of all Expence : But there are 

 many Perfons in England, who 

 think nothing, except Corn, worth 

 cultivating: or if they plant Tim- 

 ber, it muft be Oaky Ajij, or Elm i 

 and if their Land be not proper 

 for either of thefe, it is deem'd 

 little worth i whereas if the Nature 

 of the Soils was examined, and pro- 

 per Sorts of Plants adapted to them, 

 there might be very great Advan- 

 tage made of feveral large Parcels 

 of Land, which at this time lie 

 neglefted. 



The Wood of thefe Trees, efpe- 

 cially oixhcAbeley is very good to 

 lay for Floors, where it will laft 

 many Years ', and for its exceeding 

 Whitenefs, is, by many Perfons pre- 

 ^rr'd to Q,-ik j it is alio very proper 



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for Wainfcoting of Rooms, being 

 lefs fubjeft to fwell or fhrink than 

 moft other Sorts of Wood : Bur for 

 Turnery Ware, there is no Wood 

 equal to this for its exceeding White- 

 nefs, fo that Trays, Borvls, and many 

 other Utenfils are made of it j and 

 the Bellows-makers prefer it for 

 their Ufes as do alfb the Shoe- 

 makers, not only for Heels, but alfo 

 for the Soles of Shoes : It is alfo 

 very good to make light Carts j and 

 the Poles are very proper to fupport 

 Vines, Hops, 8cc. and the Lopping 

 will afford good Fuel, which in 

 many Countries is much wanted. 

 PORRUMi Leek. 



The Characters are ; 

 The Tlomr confifls of fix Tetals, 

 and is fiap'd, as it were, like a Bell; 

 in the Center arifes the Fointal, which 

 afterwards becomes a rotmdifjj Fruit, 

 divided into three Cells, which con- 

 tain roundijh Seeds : To thefe Notes 

 mufi be added. The Stamina are ge- 

 nerally broad, and fiat, ending in 

 three Capillamentf ; of which the 

 middle one is furnifiy'd with a Chive ; 

 the Flowers are alfo gathered into 

 almofi globular Bunches ; the Roots 

 are long, cylindrical, and coated-, the 

 Coats ending in plain Leaves, 

 The Species arej 



1 . PoRRuM j commune capitatum, 

 C. B. P. The common Leek. 



2. ?ORR\jM j fe^ivum, latifolium. 

 C B. P. Broad-leav'd Leek, com- 

 monly caWd, The London Leek. 



There are fome other Species of 

 this Plant, which grow wild in the 

 South of Trance and Spain, but as 

 they arc feldom cultivated in Gar- 

 dens, fo I (hall forbear to mention 

 them here. The two Sorts here 

 mention'd, are by many Perfons 

 affirm'd to be the Tame, both of 

 them riling from the fame Seed i 

 but this is what the Gardeners near 

 London will not believe, for they 

 7 ^ never 



