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but is alfo found in France and Italy. 

 This is hardy enough to endure the 

 Cold of our Winters very well, and 

 is preferv'd by fuch as are curious 

 :n collecting the feveral Kinds of 

 Trees. 



The eight Sorts which are next 

 menticn'd, are Natives of Europe ; 

 fome of them grow in the Middle of 

 France ; others in Spain, Portugal, 

 Italy, and Germany. The eleventh 

 Sort grows plentifully about Aubigny 

 in Trance, from whence his Grace 

 the late Duke of Richmond brought 

 many of the Acorns, which were 

 fown at Goodwood in the Year 1 749. 

 Thefe Sorts are full as hardy as the 

 common Oak, fo may be treated in 

 the fame manner. 



The next eight Sorts were difco- 

 ver'd by Dr. Tournefort in the Le- 

 *vant, and have fince been obferv'd 

 by fome curious Travellers who have 

 •gone that Way, fome of whom have 

 brought their Acorns to England ; 

 but as thefe are fubject to perilh 

 when they are kept long out of the 

 Ground, there have not been more 

 lhan three of thefe Sorts raifed in 

 England, fo far as I can learn. The 

 Plants of thole Sorts which have been 

 raifed here, feem to be full as hardy 

 as our common Oak ; for I have ex- 

 pofed them the firft Year from Seed, 

 to all the Inclemency of Weather, 

 even in fmall Pots, which flood in the 

 coldeft Situation of the Garden ; 

 yet were not the leaft injured by the 

 Proft. 



The other Sorts are all of them 

 Natives of the Northern Parts of 

 America, where fome of the Sorts 

 grow to a very large Size ; but the 

 Timber of them is not valuable. 

 Others of them are but fmall of 

 Growth, feldomrifmg above twenty 

 or thirty Feet high ; and many of 

 them naturally grow upon moill 

 fwampy Land, fo that in England 



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they make but little Progrefs ; there- 

 fore they are not worth the Trouble 

 of cultivating, except one or two 

 Plants of eacn Sort, for the fake of 

 Variety. For whatever may have 

 been afTerted in relation to the 

 Growth of thefe American Oaks, or 

 of the Goodnefs of the Timber; yet I 

 hopa noPerfons will be fo weak as to 

 cultivate thefe Trees, in Preference 

 to the native Oak of this Coantry, 

 which is more valuable than any 

 other Sort yet known. But as the 

 prefent Spirit of introducing all the 

 Sorts of foreign Trees and Shrubs 

 into England, prevails with molt 

 curious Pcrfons, therefore I have 

 mention'd molt of the Sorts at pre- 

 fent known, more to fatisfy the 

 Curiofity of a few, than for ge- 

 neral Ufe. 



All the Sorts of Oaks are propa- 

 gated from Acorns, which mould be 

 fown as foon as poflible after they 

 are ripe ; for if they are kept too 

 long out of the Ground, they feldoni 

 grow. 



The Manner of fovving thefe 

 Acorns (ifdefigned for a fmall Plan- 

 tation, or to be removed) is, to pre- 

 pare fome Beds of frefh Earth, nei- 

 ther too ftrong and heavy, nor too 

 light and dry ; in thefe Beds you. 

 mould place the Acorns in Rows one 

 Foot afunder, and about two Inches 

 Diilance in the Rows, covering them 

 about two Inches thick with the 

 fame frefh Earth ; obferving to leave 

 none of them uncover'd, to entice 

 the Vermin, which may, in a Ihort 

 time, deilroy all the Seeds. 



In the Spring, when the Plants be- 

 gin to appear, you muft carefully 

 clear them from Weeds ; and if the 

 Seafon proves dry, you mould re- 

 frefh them now-and then with a lit- 

 tle Water, which will greatly pro- 

 mote their Growth. In thefe Beds 

 the Plants mould remain until the 

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