S I li Y A : 



O E, 



A DISCOURSE OF FOREST-TREES, 



AND THE 



PROPAGATION OF TIMBER 



IN HIS MAJESTY'S DOMINIONS ; 

 AS IT WAS DELIVERED 

 IN THE EOYAL SOCIETY, ON OCTOBER XV. MDCLXII. 

 UPON OCCASION OF CERTAIN QUERIES 

 PROPOUNDED TO THAT ILLUSTRIOUS ASSEMBLY, 



BY THE HON. THE 



PRINCIPAL OFFICERS AND COMMISSIONERS OF THE NAVY. 



TOGETHER WITH AN 



fgfetorital Account of tje ^acrcttnegs an» Wl^t at 

 STANDING GROVES. 



TO WHICH IS ADDED 



THE TERRA: 



A PHILOSOPHICAL DISCOURSE OF EARTH. 



BY JOHN EVELYN, Esa. F. R. S. 

 WITH NOTES, BY A. HUNTER, M.D. F.R.S. L.&E. 



THE FIFTH EDITION, 



WITH THE editor's LAST CORRECTIONS. 



IN TWO VOLUMES. 

 VOL. I. 



LONDON: 

 HENRY COLBURN, NEW BURLINGTON STREET. 



MDCCCXXV. 



