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rapid progress, and early maturity, and by neces- 

 sary consequence, the largest possible amount of 

 pecuniary return. 



Lastly, as to modes of planting, and without 

 ranging either party among those who are clearly 

 and decidedly mistaken in their views, one class 

 of persons will plant thickly, and another class will 

 plant thinly ', from various motives, but both with- 

 out paying due regard to the capabilities, and 

 adaptation of the soil, and, as is very natural, in 

 the absence of all calculation, both are frequently 

 subjected to the same result, either a partial or 

 complete failure of their expectations. 



It is neither my purpose, nor is it in my 

 power, to decide, upon paper, what is the best 

 average distance at which the trees of a young 

 Plantation should be placed from each other. 

 Many questions ought to be previously asked, as 

 many very important considerations will present 

 themselves to the mind of a practical man, before 

 he will decide. 



In the average of cases, where planting for 

 profit is the object, the question is not one of 

 much practical difficulty ; but in many others, 



