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had grown ? — A. The kinds and system of adoption Ls not 

 left generally in the ehoiee of the party in charge — neither 

 is the demand in each lo(;ality of equal proportions. But, 

 if left entirely to my own choice, and the growing of a 

 useful and valuable crop of timber being only expected, 

 1 should carefully avoid planting the larch, at least on 

 any portion where it is ([uestionable that the fungus has 

 not ceased thereon. The other kinds named, mixed with 

 a fourth of hardwoods, where soil is found to answer 

 them, which I have re(;ently carefully defined, I would 

 promiscuously distril)ute, so that, shcmld one class fail to 

 grow either to useful or valuable size, I could expect with 

 confidence that I should be able to have a valuable crop 

 of a mixed kind on the ground — the one part would (orm 

 nurses for the other during the early states of growth, 

 and, though a considerable number of one or several 

 classes should fail, still it would only be reasonable to 

 expect, a full crop would survive ; and should I be con- 

 fined to the selection and replanting of one particular 

 kind of coniferous trees, the Scotch is the one I should 

 select for planting in preference to all the others. 

 Q. 19. And with a view to plant at a time when you would 

 expect least injury to be done to your plants, what date, 

 after a former crop was cleared, would you select for 

 replanting ? — A. Should the first crop be cut down and 

 cleared during the autumn and winter months of tliis 

 year, in order to give plenty of time for the thorough 

 ■ clearance of all debris clearing of drains, and fencing, &c., 

 I should select the second spring after the final cutting 

 down — if the precautionary measures I have named had 

 formerly been carefully attended to — but if not, local 

 circumstances, such as those I have adverted to, should 

 determine the proper time to select for the operation. 

 Q. 20. Is bleeding of the larch an infallible sign of fungus in 

 the ground ? — A. The bleeding or blistering of larch are 

 neither of them certain signs of fungoid attack upon the 

 plant, though these signs are indicative of weakness or 

 want of vigour. 

 Q. 21. Is pumping or heart-rot a sure sign of fungus then ? — 



A. Yes. 

 From the facts adduced, some people may be apt to cavil with 

 several of these statements, but till now, though much has been 

 written upon arboricultural science, I firmly maintain tlus subject 

 has never been treated as it ought to have been ; and after careful 

 consideration, with a view to instruct the young and inexperi- 

 enced, as well as provide some consolation for those who may 

 have found themselves in the same plight in which I myself was 



