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more 

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of mk or 

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Sect.XVUI. 2.2 



LEAVES AND WOOD. 



5'7 



the cellular parts beneath 



and hence that fide of the tree, wh 



thccuticle or exterior bark is frequently fcratched though, will be 

 come larger than the other fide of th 



' 



with the fcratched fide outward 



d tend to bend it into 

 Trees alfo on the out fide 



rows of woods will fpoatancouny bend outwards for light nnd 

 and may I fufpeft be more eafily formed into proper curves b 



air, 



method above propofed 



And where trees in a wood are at a proper 



diftance from each other, they may forcibly be bent^by cord 



D 



to 



wards each other, 



bark longitudinally 



of the curved part of th 



d then by wounding th 



and interior 



perhaps horizontally alfo on the exterior fide 



they may be brought into almoft any 



de<zree of flexure, which they will afterwards preferve as the tree 



r 



quicker growing trees may be more valuable to the 



ad 



Some of th 



planter than oak 



nd fome in different foils are more valuable th 



others *, 



willow-trees in the hedge-rows in moift grounds are faid, 

 f headed once in ten years, on an average to produce each of them 

 Dne (IVilllng a year. Perhaps the ozier for bafket making may be ftill 



; : there is a valuable paper on the 



IT 



more advantageous in low ground 



planting of them and the choice of the kinds of them ^^^J^^ J.^*^"^* 

 aaions of the Society of Arts, Vol. XVI. p. 129, by Mr. PhiUips 



ps the fugar-maple may alfo be cultivated in this climate to ad 



1 



many barren commons, as on Cannock Heath 



And 



1 





ily^'pines, as Scotch fir, might in thefe fituations fucceed aftoni(h 

 ly,as appears by the plantations of Mr. Anfon on the barren m-" 



tains near h 



feat in StafFordflii 



d alfo from the plantations of 



foot of WiltOi 



Do 



War 



f 



the marquis of Bath at th 



minfier, whofe f^eward, Mr. Davis, has given a valuable ac( 



the profit of planting Scotch fir in preference to other timber trees ; 



and finally afferts, " that although fir-timber is worth individually 



more per -tree than oak or beech of the fame fi 



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fe 



fs grow fader and thicker together than any oth 



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fi 



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