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which afFd6ls them moft ferioufly, when they begirt 

 to throw off their lower branches, and leave their 

 bodies naked. To this period we ought to look 

 forward in all our plantations. Till that time, trees 

 may be made to grow and thrive in almoft any 

 fituation ; but (lielter is perhaps of more confe- 

 quence than foil to the growth of trees. If that 

 cannot be obtained from the natural fituation, we 

 muft make the plantations a fhelter to themfelves. 

 In the firft place w« muft make them big enough, 

 that the wind may not blow through them when 

 grown up-, and fecondly we muft thin them early 

 and often, and inure them gradually to bear that de- 

 gree of cold, which it will be neceflary for them to 

 bear, when nature has deprived then of their under 

 branches, and left their bodies naked. Plantations 

 fo made and managed, will prove beneficial to the 

 owner, ornamental to the country, and ufeful to the 

 community. 



Ob/ervations on thejuppofed NegleEl and Scarcity of 

 Oak 'Timber. 



Extras from the Society s Letter. 



** AS from the fuppofed negle£l and fcarcity of Oak 

 " Timber, planting and the prefcrvation of woods is 

 *' become an obje£t of great national confequence. 

 " The fociety wifh to know your fcntimcnts on the 



Vox.. VI. N •• prcfent 



