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hundred. In two or three days I will forward to 
you, in a parcel, a branch, which I cut off from 
the original tree, and another from the graft of 
four years old, alfo a dead branch of the iron or 
wainfcot oak, juft to fhew that, from the fimilarity 
of the leaves, it is a defcendant from that fpecies, 
although differing from it in every other particular. I 
fend you alfo, by the Exeter ftage, a fpecimen of the 
wood. I have a walking-pole full 5 feet long, a fide 
fhoot from one of the grafts, only one year and half 
old. Several gentlemen round this neighbourhood, 
and in the adjoining counties of Cornwall and Somer- 
fet, have planted them, and they are found to flourifh 
in all foils. 
I am, Dear Sir, 
Your faithful friend, and 
moft obedient humble fervant, 
J. Z. Holwell. 
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