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they are both equally hardy, and 

 may be propagated with Eafe. 



The third was found in a Meadow 

 near Long -Leer, fome Years fince ; 

 but I believe it to be an accidental 

 Variety of the common Alder, be- 

 caufe the Cuttings which were taken 

 from the Tree did not retain the 

 Difference when they had made 

 flrong Shoots. 



The fourth Sort is yet more un- 

 common in England', and alfo in 

 moil Farts of Europe. 1 do not re- 

 member more than one Tree of 

 this Kind, which was in a famous 

 Garden of Dr. Boerbaave's, near 

 Leyden in Holland, who had raifed 

 it from a Cutting which was fent him 

 from Jin/trie*. 



The fifth, fixth, feventh, and 

 eighth Sorts are Plants of humble 

 Growth ; and, being Natives of the 

 Alps, and other mountainous Parts 

 of Europe, they are with Difficulty 

 kept in Gardens : for they delight 

 in nioift peaty Soils, and grow much 

 better upon molly Bogs, than in 

 good Ground. I have tranfplanted 

 two of the Sorts into a Garden, 

 where, by keeping them in Pots in 

 a ftiady Situation, and conftantly wa- 

 tered, I have maintained them three 

 or four Years ; but when they were 

 planted in the full Ground, they did 

 not furvive one Summer, although 

 they were frequently watered. Thefe 

 Plants did not rife above fix Inches 

 with me ; nor do I believe they ever 

 grow to be more than three or four 

 Feet high in the native Places of 

 their Growth ; fo that they are not 

 worth cultivating, unlefs by way of 

 Curiofity. 



The two fir A Sorts delight in a 

 very moift Soii, where few other 

 Trees will thrive, and are a great 

 Improvement to fuch Lands : they 

 are propagated either by Layers, or 

 planting of Truncheons about three 



Feet in Length, in February, or the 

 Beginning of March, which mould 

 be fharpened at one End, and the 

 Ground loofened with an Inftru- 

 ment before they are thruft into it, 

 left by the Hardnefs of the Soil the 

 Bark mould be torn off, which may 

 occafion their Mifcarriage. They 

 mould be thruft into the Earth at 

 leaft two Feet, to prevent their be- 

 ing blown out of the Ground by 

 ftrong Winds. 



If you raife them by laying down 

 the Branches, it muft be performed 

 in OBober ; and by the October fol- 

 lowing, they will have taken Roots 

 fufficient to be tranfplanted out ; 

 which muft be done by digging an 

 Hole, and loofening the Earth in the 

 Place where each Plant is to ftand, 

 planting the young Tree at leaft a 

 Foot and an half, deep, ^cutting off 

 the Top to about nine Inches above 

 the Surface,which will occafion them 

 to (hoot out many Branches. 



The Diftance thefe Trees mould 

 be placed (if defign'd for a Coppice) 

 is fix Feet fquare ; and if the fmall 

 lateral Shoots are taken off in the 

 Spring, it will very much ilrengthen 

 your upright Poles, provided you 

 leave a few fmall Shoots at Diftances 

 upon the Body thereof, to detain the 

 Sap for the Increafe of its Bulk. 



Thefe Trees may be alio planted 

 on the Sides of Brooks (as is ufuai 

 for Willows), where they will thrive 

 exceedingly, and may be cut for 

 Poles every fourth or fifth Year. 

 This Wood is in great Requeft with 

 the Turners, and will endure a long 

 time under-ground, or to be laid in 

 Water. 



The Alder- tree is alfo very pro- 

 per to plant for Hedges, efpecially 

 in moiit Ground, where they thrive 

 very faft, and may be trained into 

 very thick clofe Hedges to the 

 Height of twenty Feet and upwards. 



