96* KINDS OF TREES, 



is a very general and confpicuous lawn tree ; and 

 in the park, it forms a fine contraft with the oak, 

 the chefnut, the elm, and the fycamore. 



The timber of the Lime is chiefly ufed by the 

 carver, and the turner. It has been of late ap- 

 plied to the lining of carts, and to other pur- 

 pofes in bufbandry. Being light, foft, and fmooth, 

 it makes hay rakes and fork-handles, which are 

 better liked by female haymakers, than thofe of 

 fir or am. Its charcoal is often ufed in the manu- 

 facture of gunpowder ; and of its inner bark mace- 

 rated in water, are made the bafs-mats fo much 

 employed in the packing of goods. 



THE OAK. 



(Quercus robur.} 



The Oak is fo generally known, and fo uni- 

 verfally efteemed, that we mall be very brief in 

 our observations on it in this place. It is the 



pride 



tually to sink the height of its trees, even when full grown. 

 The avenues at Castle-Howard, Stowe, Bushy, and some 

 other places in England, have this defect. The Lime ave- 

 nue at Taymouth, in Scotland, may be reckoned too narrow; 

 but certainly it is very striking, and forms a grand Gothic 

 canopy. Its trees would have met, although they had been 

 planted twenty feet farther apart. 

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