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that, which we fet the greatefl: value 

 upon; fo that it may anfwer the fame 

 fefid, to the better fort, as tliorns and 

 buflies do in a foreft. 



When large plantations are defigned 

 to be faifed, the firft burinefs is, to clean 

 a piece of land for a nurfery, fufficiently 

 large for the purpofe required ; which 

 (hould be fecurely fenced round, and 

 tolerably well fheltered ; but fhould be of 

 a poorer kind than is intended for the 

 trees, when they are tranfplanted. 



When the plantation is made, it is 

 clearly the beft v/ay to plant the oaks, 

 or whatever trees are deligned for tim- 

 ber, at nearly the difhance they are de- 

 figned to ftand forty years afterwards; 

 and when any fail, to fupply^them occa- 

 fionally. This beft fort, defigned for 

 timber, fhould be planted at the growth 

 of about feven or eight feet high ; and 



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