FOREST TREES, 



dreams ; and perhaps no tree is equally well ad- 

 apted to the upholding of their banks, from the 

 multiplicity of its roots, and their peculiar difpo- 

 fition to feek continually along the edges of the 

 water-courfes in queft of their natural food* 



THE ASH* 



This tree is found in the higheft perfection, on. 

 dry, loamy foils : On fuch it fpontaneoufly grows : 

 In moid, but not wet foils, it grows fall, but foon 

 iickense It will grow freely on moft kinds of 

 foils, if the fituation be tolerably good, excepting 

 on retentive clays or tills. In wet foils, it foon 

 sits up, * languifhes, and dies. In rich lands, its 

 wood is fhort and brittle ; in fandy foils, it is 

 tough and reedy, qualities which, for feveral pur- 

 pofes, very much enhance its value. In loam, 

 mixed with decompofed rock, at the bottom of a 

 mountain, (as at Alva in Stirlingfliire, and Och- 

 tertyre in Perthfhire), the afh arrives at a great 

 fize. 



THE MOUNT Aitt- 



This plant is found in fo many different foils 

 D 2 and 



* A gardener's phrase, which implies, that, while the 

 tree still continues alivej it Ceases to increase, either in girth 

 or in height, 



