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to a man of fortune polTefTed of land, as alfo to a nurferyman, 

 for gain, I would advife, ftill to remove a number of thefe into 

 another nurfery, pLinting tliem at ten feet afunder, croping the 

 ground with fnch. kitchen herbs as are beft fuited to the foil, 

 which will pay both rent and labour, and letting them remain 

 five or fix years ; by which time they will be from thirty to 

 thirty-five feet high, and will fucceed at, and after removal, as 

 well as the fmalleft plant, by giving them three or four plenti- 

 ful waterings in dry weather, the firft, ana, m cafe of a long con-?-' 

 tinned drought, the fecond feafon*. 



The Lime moffc affecls a rich-feeding loamy foil, but will: 

 grow freely in any tolerable land, of a competent depth, though 

 coarfe and heavy ; they will alfo grow in fandy and gravelly 

 land, but not with the fame beauty or advantage, as, in fach 

 iituations, their leaves, in dry feafbns, are often infeiled with 

 infedls, and decay early in the autumn ; therefore, in thin 

 hungry foil, they ought not to ,be planted in quantities, though 

 a few of them may be agreeable, even there, for variety. 



Th e timber of the Lime-tree, is much preferable to that of 

 any kind of the Willow, being ftronger, and yet lighter ; it is 

 ufed by the carver, by archite(5ls for framing; the -models of their 

 buildings, and by the turner for making bowls, diflies, <^x. . 

 I am likewife afFured, it is very proper for Uning of rooms, and 

 that, when painted, it will laft long. 



This graceful and magnificent tree, the greatefl ornament of 

 the Britifli gardens and villas, and pride of planters in the laftj 

 ^nd great part of the preient century, is now in lefs efteem than >: 



