DEDICATION. 



great fufFerance of Particulars and 

 the Publick therebyj without a fin- 

 gular regard to any prefent Intereftj 

 or Reputation of my own, have ia» 

 duced me Humbly to lay before 

 you, the enfuing Treatife ; contain- 

 ing a variety of unwearied Experi- 

 ments, and Obfervations relating to 

 the better Culture of that moft va- 

 luable and Augufl: Tree, the Oak. 



And I flatter my felf, that but 

 few circumftances of any great Im- 

 portance have wholly efcaped my 

 Attention ; altho' I have not the 

 Vanity to imagine, but that great 

 improvements may be added there- 

 to, by the Sagacity, and Judgment 

 of others, who will give themfelves 

 A 3 the 



