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EVELYN'S "SYLVA" 



ON my table, as I write, is the copy of " Sylva " 

 that John Evelyn himself gave to Sir Robert Morray, 

 and in which he wrote in ink that is now faded and 

 brown, as are his own autograph corrections in the 

 text, 



" from his most humble servant, Evelyn.'* 



The title page runs thus : 



SYLVA, 



or a Discourse of 

 FOREST-TREES, 



AND THE 



Propagation of Timber 

 In His MAJESTIES Dominions 

 By J. E. Esq; 



As it was Delivered in the ROYAL SOCIETY the XVth of 



October CIOIOCLXII. upon Occasion of certain Quaeries 



Propounded to that Illustrious Assembly, by the Honorable 



the Principal Officers, and Commissioners of the Navy. 



To which is annexed 



POMONA or, An Appendix concerning Fruit-Trees in 

 relation to CIDER ; 



The Making and several ways of Ordering it. 



Published by the express Order of the ROYAL SOCIETY 



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