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ilate. But whether this be owing to the fe- 

 verity of the late winters, or whether the 

 roots, being now crampt for room, have got 

 down to the uncultivated moor, or the cold 

 barren clay which lies under it, is uncertain. 



The American spruce, too, the pine- 

 aster, the LARCH, and the Virginia cedar, 

 thrive 'abundantly in this Toil and lituation ; 

 but none of rhcfe have been planted more 

 than feven or eight years. 



The ASH and the broad-leaved elm alfo 

 make a promifing appearance ; but the oaks, 

 though they look healthy, do not Ihoot up- 

 ward *, 



On the rnoiiler parts the alder t:ikes the 

 lead. But the ash, the asp, the poplar, and 

 the OSIER, grow with fufficient luxuriance, 

 to {[vcw that their fiLuation is perfectly agree- 

 able to them. 



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• This, however, is ihoiight to be owing more ro 

 Kite fpring frofts tha.n to the nutuie of the foil. Silver 

 firs iiuve done worfe than tlie oaks j but flioots fcvcr^l 

 'juhcs in length have been evidently obferved to be 

 nipped off by fummcr frofls ; which, it is obferved, are 

 much llrongcr in low than in high fituatlons ; owinr, 

 perhaps, to the greater tjuuntity of int;iftiirein the air : 

 This, at leaft, accounts for the extn.ordinary quantity 

 ■ vf htar in lov, fituations, 



