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and macrocarpa; the Salisbtcria adiantifolia, and the 

 Wellingtonia. The most fast-growing in England of 

 conifers is the Douglas fir. . . . It grows luxuriantly 

 on the slopes of the hills, but will not stand exposure 

 to the wind, and for that reason should always be 

 planted in sheltered combes with other trees behind it. 



"In moist and boggy land the spruce or the willow 

 tribes succeed best. 



" In high, poor, and very dry land, no tree thrives 

 so well as the Scotch fir, the beech, and the 

 sycamore." 



Avoid the selfishness and false economy of 

 planting an inferior class of fast-growing trees such 

 as firs and larches and Lombardy poplars, on the 

 ground that one would not live to get any pleasure 

 out of woods of oaks and beech and chestnut. 

 How frequently one sees tall, scraggy planes, or 

 belts of naked, attenuated firs, where groups of oaks 

 and elms and groves of chestnut might have stood 

 with greater advantage. 



Avoid the thoughtlessness and false economy 

 of not thoroughly preparing the ground before 

 planting. " Those that plant," says an old writer, 

 " should make their ground fit for the trees before 

 they set them, and not bury them in a hole like a 

 dead dog ; let them have good and fresh lodgings 

 suitable to their quality, and good attendance also, 

 to preserve them from their enemies till they are 

 able to encounter them." 



Avoid trees near a house ; they tend to make it 

 damp, and the garden which is near the house un- 



