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is that of leaving no faplings, when the coppice or 

 underwood is cut; or, if left, Ihanmefully cutting 

 them down with the next fall of underwood, on the 

 fanne ground, which in fome places is a comnnon 

 pradlice. The other extreme is that of leaving too 

 many faplings, and not thinning them in proper time. 

 It is of great confequence that young trees fhould 

 he gradually thinned out, as they increafe in fize; 

 taking away the fmall, Hunted, or unkindly trees, 

 and letting the largeft and moft flourifhing remain. 

 This operation Ihould commence time enough to 

 let the branches fpread into a good head. When 

 trees ftand thick together, they run up like poles j 

 the branches perifli whilft young, and it is then too 

 late to begin thinning: fuch trees never make tim- 

 ber. Whatever be the age or fize of trees, in a 

 coppice, the diftances fhould be fuch as to admit of 

 a free circulation of air between the extreme parts of 

 the branches. Even in hedge-rows, where they 

 have the full benefit of the air on two fides, trees 

 fcarcely ever flourifh when they fland thick together. 



There are very few eflates where fome fpots of 

 land may not be found that will anfwer better for 

 planting than for any other purpofe. If the owner 

 of fuch land be not in immediate want of its annual 

 produce, he cannot lay out his money more benefi- 

 cially 



