REMARKS ON MR. MAJOR'S PAPER. 8 



and sea weeds will prove extremely valuable to the scientific bo- 

 tanist. 

 London, Nov. 1837 J. B. 



ARTICLE III. 



SOME REMARKS UPON MR. MAJOR'S PAPER, Vol. V. p, 217-8. 



BY JOHN ADEY REPTON, ESQ. OF SPRINGFIELD. 



Mr. Joshua Majors's remarks on the pruning, thinning, &c. of 

 trees in plantations are very just, and well deserving of notice, 

 as is the choice of trees that are likely to remain where planted, 

 and his recommendation to cut down from time to time such trees 

 that are beginning to encroach upon each other. 



In thinning out it is always adviseable to preserve the outside 

 trees of the woods or plantations, (which are generally the best) 

 but more particularly to avoid taking away those trees that are 

 most exposed to the cold winds, as they afford shelter to the 

 inner trees. 



It is difficult, I believe^ to persuade nine out of ten persons to 

 cut down an old tree, which like an old friend, in spite of all its 

 deformities, are frequently cherished by the proprietor, but a 

 man of considerable taste, or one who has a painter's eye, can 

 have but little hesitation in condemning a deformed tree, and 

 particularly when it happens to hide a fine group, or a distant 

 prospect. 



It is a vulgar opinion of country gardener's to say, that " if 

 you cut down a tree, you can never put it up again," when the 

 tree itself would be better away. 



Mr. Major has strongly objected to the Italian black poplar, 

 and the larch, as tending to overpower and injure the effect of 

 the other trees in the woods. But the larch mixed with others 

 I consider a handsome tree, and has a beautiful autumnal tint, 

 but when too tall, it may be taken away if it should interfere 

 with the general scenery. The great variety of the spruce firs, 

 an' very much admired when in a healthy state, and not too much 

 crowded with other trees, they require (whether planted in 

 groups, or as single trees) plenty of toe-room, and when mixed 

 with other evergreen plants, are very desirable near a mansion 

 during the winter months. 



Mr. Major is decidedly against the Italian black Poplar, and 



