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The marks of unhealthy timber are 

 nearly the con trail of the former. The 

 tree will be hide bound, the bark rough, 

 clofe, and thick, and often covered with 

 mofs i the frefli flioots will be very fhort, 

 and crooked at the ends. The green 

 will be of a paler colour, and the leaves 

 will drop fooner. An unhealthy tree 

 ihould never be fuffered to remain in 

 any plantation, but fhould be taken down, 

 •as foon as it has done growing, let its 

 fize be what it will ; and a young plant 

 fet in the vacancy. 



Some gentlemen, who have not ready 

 money, are difcouraged from planting, 

 becaufe the expence is immediate, and 

 the profit at a diftance. At the fame 

 time, perhaps, they have a great deal 

 of timber landing on their eftates, 

 which gets Worfe every day, and lefTens 

 in value, v/hich they do not choofe to 



cut. 



