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becaule it interrupts the plough ; but 

 when its extenlive ufe is confidered for 

 coopers, wheelwrights^ corch-makers, 

 carpenters, fieve- makers, and fbme other 

 trades ; for hop-poles, hurdles, and 

 many other purpofes, no wood, except 

 oak, could lefs be fpared ; and as its 

 growth is quick, I do not know a more 

 profitable one. 



Elm is another noble fort of timber, 

 being ufeful for {hipping, pipes for con- 

 veyance of water, millwrights, and car- 

 penters ufes. There are many forts of 

 it ; but the moft valuable are '' the fmall- 

 <* leaved Englifi elm, and thefmQQtb narr 

 << row-leaved elnty by foQie called the 

 *' upright narrow-leaved elm." This tree 

 once planted, is planted for ever, as it 

 fpreads itfelf aflonifliingly. It is the beft 

 of all trees in hedge-rows, becaufe it 

 generally grows ere<5t, does leaft damage 

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