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the worst : they treat the produce of the 

 acorn as contemptuously as if the timber was 

 of questionable utility ; appear to 



" Ask of their mother earth, why oaks are made." 



This is the result of their ignorance of the 

 method by which it can be grown to per- 

 fection. In the beauty of its appearance 

 it equals, if it does not surpass, all that has 

 been hitherto introduced. Its nature is suited 

 to the climate, as is its timber to the insular 

 situation of this kingdom ; in proof of which, 

 it was provided for our ancestors in abun- 

 dance, by an all-wise, kind, and bountiful 

 Providence. 



Thus, I have endeavoured to show how 

 oak timber has been, and can be grown ; 

 the demand for it, and there is sufficient 

 w^aste land to grow all the nation does or 

 may require; and that the revenue may be 

 increased by its growth. Let us then benefit 

 ourselves by the means ; resting assured that 

 if Great Britain should be relieved from her 



