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compared with what the Dukes of Athole planted 

 theu-s, it is no wonder that the success of the former 

 has heen less than the latter. The wider apart the 

 planting was done, other things being equal, the 

 greater was the success. Xotwithstanding the failure 

 of larch in certain districts where first planted in 1 795, 

 and that every proprietor since, including the Duke of 

 Athole, has sustained more or less loss by planting 

 it, yet the growing of larch has uniformly continued 

 to increase and extend throughout the kingdom. As 

 many millions are now planted annually as there were 

 thousands or hundreds fifty years ago. 



Table showing the Xumbek of Plants eequired to Plant an 

 Impeeial Acre from One Foot to Forty Feet apart. 



