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Birch would be moft eligible : and tbat, 

 for Timber, in liich fituations, the 

 Larch, alone, is eligible. 



I fpeak, however, from a general know- 

 ledge of this valuable tree, in the foils 

 ^nd fituations in which I have {eeA\ it 

 flcurifli. For it does not appear to have 

 been tried on the bleak barren foils of this 

 DiftriLl:. Yet, f-eing the extent of fuch 

 foils, which it contains, and its fituation 

 with refpea to the {hip yards of Plymouth ; 

 and feeing at the lame time, with almoft 

 moral certainty, that the Larch, in times 

 to come, will be a principal article of Ship 

 building, in this illand, it is highly probable 

 that whoever now propagates it, will ex- 

 ceedingly enhance the value of his eilate. 





MANAGEMENT OF WOODLANDS. 



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department of Rural Management, in the 



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