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hundred. In two or three days I will forward to 

 you, in a parcel , a branch, which I cut off from 

 the original tree, and another from the graft of 

 four years old 3 alfo a dead" branch of the iron or 

 wainfcot oak, juft to fhew that, from the fimilarity 

 of the leaves, it is a defcendant from that fpecies, 

 although differing from it in every other particular. I 

 fend you alfo, by the Exeter ftage, a fpecimen of the 

 wood. I have a walking-pole full 5 feet long, a fide 

 moot from one of the grafts, only one year and half 

 old. Several gentlemen round this neighbourhood, 

 and in the adjoining counties of Cornwall and Somer- 

 fet, have planted them, and they are found to flourifli 

 in all foils. 



I am, Dear Sir, 



Your faithful friend, and 



moll obedient humble fervant 7 



J. Z. Holwell. 



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