Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales; containing a record of all ranks of the gentry ..with many ancient pedigrees and memorials of old and extinct families . -=s ^ A. IIenllys : THE Skat oe J. L. Hampton Lewis, Esn. ])lantations of larch and fir, without robbing the farmer of a yard of arable soil. On everyhand, in some parts, you see rocky prominences and declivities waiting to be crowned wilhthe varied green and graceful forms of the pine tree. There are many thousand acresin Anglesey which are an eyesore to the intelligent observer, and profitless to husbandm
Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales; containing a record of all ranks of the gentry ..with many ancient pedigrees and memorials of old and extinct families . -=s ^ A. IIenllys : THE Skat oe J. L. Hampton Lewis, Esn. ])lantations of larch and fir, without robbing the farmer of a yard of arable soil. On everyhand, in some parts, you see rocky prominences and declivities waiting to be crowned wilhthe varied green and graceful forms of the pine tree. There are many thousand acresin Anglesey which are an eyesore to the intelligent observer, and profitless to husbandmanand landlord, which might be covered with the sweetest of verdure, and made to ministerlargely to the wealth of the country. Groves of larch and spruce would thri\-e wherethe elm, the ash, and the oak would shrink and before the south-westerly wind, andwould in time afford shelter wherein the more sturdy and durable trees would grow. Thefine pyramidal Norway fir, and the equally noble and graceful silver fir, are an ornament toany landscape, even to a noblemans park, and might be used to convert the bareunproductive wastes of Anglesey into a somewhat pleasant land. The soil varies fr
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