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Border. Nevertheless the plantation seemed to thrive well in its 

 moist situation. When thinned it was about forty-five years old, 

 and had throughout the period of its growth received the usual 

 attentions of thinning, pruning, &c. 



From the above it will appear how much larger is the poplar 

 than any of the other trees ; and considered as a nurse instead of 

 the larch, spruce, or pine, how much better it pays than they do. 

 The table in an extended form shows the value per acre of the 

 planted ground. 



No. 2 is also a plantation in the south of Roxburghshire about 

 eighty years old, composed of the following species of trees, and 

 extended as above in order to show more clearly the relative 

 values per acre. The soil was clay loam upon sandstone rock, 

 exposure west, rather sheltered. 



No. 3 is a mixed plantation in Morayshire, composed of the 

 following species of trees. It stands at an altitude of 700 feet, 

 and is exposed on all sides except the north-east. Its soil is 

 poor and sandy. Age of plantation, forty-eight years. 



The above statement gives prices equal to those obtained for 

 finest quality of wood in the district. Owing to the dryness of 



