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money, and they can be well spared, with great benefit to the 
remaining trees. 
5. THe Kitceen Woop. 
It is proposed to clear away as much of this wood as will square 
it with the west front of the Hall, as marked out by stakes on the 
ground. This will be a grand improvement, as it opens up a wide 
extent of splendid scenery. To obtain this result 60 oak, 5 Spanish 
chestnut, 1 sycamore, and 1 old lime tree will have to be felled. 
This lot, except the sycamore, should be sold to a timber merchant 
as it stands, who should be bound to grub-fell all the trees. I 
mention grub-felling in preference to the usual mode, as it is of 
the utmost importance that the ground should be carefully stubbed 
and cleared of all roots and weeds, and laid down with the best per- 
manent grass seeds; and thus, in addition to greatly improving the 
view, the value of the pasturage would also be considerably enhanced. 
Marked about forty fine trees in this wood outside of the line 
of the vista, but could not complete it owing to the abundance 
and strength of the underwood. Great care is necessary here to 
preserve only the best specimen trees, such as will improve the 
appearance of the lawn, and the thinning ought to extend over a 
period of eight or ten years, the ground to be ultimately cleared 
and laid down with permanent grass seeds and thrown into the 
adjoining pasture. The landscape would be much improved by 
clearing away the thorn hedge on the south side of this wood. 
6. Youne KitcHen Woop. 
Several fine vistas from the Hall are projected through this 
division, and the trees to be felled carefully selected and marked. 
When opened up, the vistas will have a fine effect. There are 
some very large sycamores in this quarter, which, from injudicious 
pruning years ago, are unsound and fast losing value, and 
accordingly they are marked for conversion into money before they 
get to the price of firewood. Several of the best, however, are 
still very valuable, and will bring good prices, and their places 
will soon be well filled by the fine young trees that remain. 
7. PLreasureE GrounD PLANTATION. 
This consists of various kinds of forest trees, which, for want of 
being properly and timely thinned, are very much crowded, drawn 
