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If all forts of timber be equally fcarce, 

 and dear, plant the quickeft growers; 

 and among thefe abele, white poplar^ and 

 Dutch withe J if the foil be moift, fhould 

 have the preference. 



If coal be very dear, it may fometimes 

 anfvver, to plant merely for fuel ; in 

 which cafe afi^ beech, fycamore, maple, 

 and hazel, make excellent ftem-wood 

 • upon found land -, and alder j black- 

 foplars, and withes of all forts, do well 

 near brooks, rivers, or even upon boggy 

 land. 



Wh^n furze is fcarce, it is not an un- 

 profitable thing to plant even that, as it 

 is very ufeful for ovens, and kilns. I 

 know inftances of fix pounds an acre 

 being made every third year, by this 

 crop, upon land for other purpofes not 

 worth above five ihillings an acre yearly. 

 In the neighbourhood of balket- 



makers 



