518 FOEEST WOBK FOR THE MOXTIL [Dec. 



used in making these repairs are properly broken before being 

 placed on the roads. Avoid the reprehensible practice of spreading 

 on the rough stones and breaking them afterwards ; it is most 

 unsatisfactory in its results, either for ease in traffic or for the 

 solidity or durability of the road. 



Woods and Plantations. — Continue planting when the weather 

 is fine ; but turn your attention to something else during the 

 prevalence of frost. Evergi^een shrubs are best left to the freedom 

 of their own ways during this month, as none but the hardiest can 

 be moved about with impunity at this season. 



Continue thinning plantations, cutting underwood, and felling 

 timber for sale or for use on the estate. I think it most inexpedient 

 to place large parcels of standing timber upon the market beyond 

 the early part of this month, particularly if much of the timber is 

 scattered in hedgerows, or amongst fields where its fall and removal 

 would interfere with the agricultural operations of the spring, or the 

 economy of the farm in summer. The selection of such timber for 

 sale can be best accomplished by the forester after the fall of the 

 leaf in November, when he can see through the branches, and obtain 

 a true perception of the effect of removing one tree from another. 

 He can then see distinctly the attitude of each tree ; observe the 

 intimate conjunction or interlacing of the branches, and conceive 

 the effect of any separation upon the appearance of those left to 

 clothe and embellish the landscape. 



NuESEEY. — Collect cones of the fir tribe, and also berries of the 

 hawthorn, mountain ash, as holly, and also keys of the common 

 ash. jSIis these respective seeds with sandy loam, and place them 

 where they can be occasionally turned every two or three months. 

 Examine seeds already stored, and do whatever you see necessary to 

 their preservation. Plant cuttings of deciduous trees, and plant out 

 layers of planes, limes, etc. Dig over roughly, or ridge up vacant 

 nursery groimd, to allow its pulverisation by the action of the 

 weather. 



PLEASrEE Grounps. — Leaves that are now being blown about 

 over the ground surrounding mansions should never be allowed to 

 accumulate after the trees have become bare, but should be collected 

 as speedily as possible, and in quiet weather removed to the depots 

 to rot into manure. Accumulations of leaves upon the pleasure 

 grounds in damp conditions of the atmosphere, contribute largely to 

 the discomforts inherent in the season, and detract from those 

 pleasures which the occupants expect to enjoy. 



A. Pateeson. 



Pattltoxs, Komset, Hampshike. 



