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on suitable soil — might be substituted. Probably the most 

 notable example of the successful cultivation of a mixture of 

 hardwoods and conifers is that of larch with beech, but in this 

 case the mixture is for the benefit of the conifer and not of the 

 hardwood. 



Conclusion. 



It can scarcely be expected that all readers will agree with 

 the opinions recorded here, but it is hoped that the expression 

 of them may be the means of causing reflection on the subject, 

 and that it may be found that there is something to be said 

 in favour of the statement that, generally speaking, hard- 

 woods, or rather broad-leaved trees, should be cultivated 

 by themselves, and conifers likewise, and not mixed one with 

 the other. 



