CHAPTEE XX. 



ORNAMENTAL EFFECT. 



Forestry may very well be divided into two classes or 

 descriptions, namely, ornamental, which embraces every- 

 thing that pleases the taste, and useful, which compre- 

 hends money value as a commercial or industrial 

 article, and shelter, shade, amelioration of climate, and 

 whatever contributes to the welfare of man, directly 

 or indirectly. To produce ornamental eftect, both the 

 trees themselves and their distribution, position, &c., 

 must be such as to please the taste of those who are 

 privileged to enjoy them ; and to accomplish the object 

 of usefulness, efforts of the requisite kind must be 

 directed to that end. 



The term " useful forestry," as distinguished from 

 ornamental, may be defined as the art and practice 

 of growing the greatest quantity of the most valuable 

 wood or timber upon the smallest space of ground in 

 the shortest period of time. These conditions require to 

 stand connected, and none of them will suffice by itself 

 To grow the greatest quantity of wood might not be of 

 much advantage if of inferior quality. Quality, again, 

 would not avail much if the ground to be grown 



