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very brittle while in a growing state, the strong 

 west winds, (which this climate is very subject 

 to in summer,) were in the habit of breaking 

 the limbs, which so disfigured the trees as to 

 render it necessary for the beauty of the Park 

 to remove them ; and although at that time it is 

 said they were getting into general cultivation, 

 the destroying the above-mentioned trees was 

 fatal to the general cultivation by the whole 

 country. Notwithstanding this tree, from its 

 beautifully formed leaves, which affords a good 

 shade, the flowers a sweet smell, and the tree 

 itself a very fine timber, has never recovered 

 the unfavourable impression it received at the 

 above period ; and I have no doubt if such an 

 example were to be set with the elms, it would 

 be followed by similar effects in the country, 

 and deter landowners from planting in the 

 general manner they have been accustomed to 

 do, and therefore as the disease can be reme- 

 died, it ought not to be passed by unnoticed ; 

 particularly by those who have the care of his 

 Majesty's woods and forests. 



I shall now, previous' to drawing to a con- 

 clusion, make a few additional remarks on fruit 

 trees. Among the different diseases and the 

 causes of those diseases, I find the pear-trees 

 are subject to a very destructive insect; par- 



