86 WOODLANDS, 



2. 



THE PROPAGATION OF 

 WOODLANDS. 



THE SPECIES OF WOOD, proper to 

 be railed on the bleak barren heights, which 

 are here fpoken of as being eHgible to be 

 converted into Woodlands, appear to me 

 evident. On the fides of valiies, flieltered 

 from the cutting winds of this Diltridl, the 

 Oak is undoubtedly the mofl eligible 

 fpeci^s of Woofj. But, upon expofed 

 heights, the Oak, even as Coppice wood, 

 fhrinks from the blaft ; and, as Timber, 

 makes no progrefs after a certain age ; be- 

 coming ftunted and moffy. The only Oak 

 Timber, I have obferved in the Diflri(St, of 

 any fize, grows on the lower fkirts of the 

 hills. Whereas the Beech flourifhes, 

 even as Timber, in very bleak expofed 

 fituations. And, I am qf opinion, that, for 

 Coppice wood, on the bleak barren 

 heights under notice, the Beech and the 



Birch 



