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PRODUCTION OF 



Sect. XVIII. 2.3 



fi 



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but 



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oak or beech will grow 



forfi 



the better, and deciduous trees the worfe, for being crowded 



pofe bccaufe the branches of the latter are valuable, but the form 

 injured by the knots left in the trui 



Ifup 



k. w 



b 



ifted. Tranf. of Society of Arts, Vol. XVI. p. 126. 



Mr. Davis adds further, I fuppofe from his own obfervation th 



the chalk-hills in Hampfh 



flinty loam 



d 



ays of the fam 



peculiarly proper for be 



; the 



; the 

 fly fteep fides of the Wiltfliire Downs for hazel : the rugged and 



ty for 



k 



d afh 



moft naked rocks of Mendip in Somerfetfhire near Chedd 



P 



duce the lime-tree and the walnnr in the o-reateft luxuriance • and 



£5 



the highefl: parts of the fame Mendip hills, wh 



h 



tree 



fland the fea-breez 



fert 



e, fycamore flouriflies as well as in the mofl 

 But taking into confideration the general demand of 



d the peculiarities of different 'foil 



kind of wood 

 .'* lb. 



To generally profitable for planting in coppices as afh 



3. Another thing concerning timber-trees, which ought to be at- 

 tended to, is the injury, they are liable to receive from lightnino-; 

 which, I am informed, is much more frequent than is generally fup- 

 pofed ; infomuch that in felling moft woods, efpecially thofe which 

 grow in wet fituations, very many of the trees are found to be crack- 

 ed longitudinally to the great injury of the timber ; to prevent this 

 pointed wires, as thick as a goofe quill, (hould be attached to a few 

 of the tallefl trees of all flourifhing woods reaching above their fum- 



nnts 



du£lors of light 



Add to this that the holes made by 

 wood-peekers, I am told, are very numerous, and do much injury to 

 ^^~ timber of our forefts, which can only be prevented by deflrov- 



g that beautiful and ingenious bird 



i 



fore 



4. Woods differ from each other in many refpeds, and are th 



fed for many other purpofes befides mech 



e re- 



colour ; wh 



as in 



flrudli'On of the fu 



particular woods are chofen for their beauty in th 



of houfes 



fe - w ood 



fpalath 



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