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Snglilli Elm graft? from thofe on Scots {locks, and which indeed 

 have the faireft and plumpeft buds, (a plain indication from 

 whence they immediately proceed, th'e buds of the Scots being 

 larger and more turgid than thofe of the Englifh) but thefe 

 gentlemen either do not regard the quality of the plants they 

 fell, fo they are paid for them, ^or are ignorant, that, by repeat- 

 ing this pradice, the Englifh Elm may be brought fo far to dege- 

 nerate, as, in many graftings this way, to differ very little from 

 the Scots ; therefore, whatever kind the flocks are on which you 

 graft the Englifli, let the grafts be taken from trees of the true 

 kind, raifed by layers of their own mother. This, however 

 little attended to, nature plainly didlates. 



It inay alfo be proper to notice here, that all Elms planted in 

 gardens, and by the fides of walks, lawns, or avenues, ought to 

 be on Scots ftocks, as thefe produce no fuckers, which the Eng- 

 lifh, French, and Dutch, do in fuch quantities, as to make it 

 very troublefome and expenfive keeping fuch places clear of them, 

 and in good order. 



I AM well aware that the ignorant part of my profefHon (but 

 who I hope are not the majority) will fay, here is a great deal of 

 time, land, and labour loft, in cutting over tx'ees before ready 

 to fell and make money of, or at any rate -which might have re- 

 mained as they were till larger and higher priced. According to 

 comrtion pradlice, where ignorance and diflionefty go hand in 

 hand, it will be difficult to convince fuch men of their real inte- 

 reft, which they perhaps believe confifts in getting money by 

 whatever means as faft as they can. Such will not eafily relin- 

 quifh their former ill-habits, or refled, that a perfon of tafte and 



