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The next maxim is, not to plant the 

 fort of tree which the neighbourhood is 

 already flocked with, but (vice verja) 

 thofe of which there is the greatefh fear- 

 city. This is a confideration of great 

 confequence, though feldom much at- 

 tended to. 



If the foil be appofite, and the country 

 not over-flocked, or fo fituated as to ad^ 

 mit of carriage out of it, give the prefer- 

 ence to oak, apy elm, or Spajjijl:) chejnut. 



In maritime counties, and others, 

 where there is water-carriage, there can- 

 not be too much oak, or ehn planted, let 

 the neighbourhood be ever fo much 

 {locked ; becaufe thefe forts, being ufe- 

 ful in {hipping, will always find a good 

 market elkwhere, if not at home. With 

 other timber, in fome particular inflances, 

 a country may be over-planted, and in- 

 jured by that means, 



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