72 PLANTATIONS. 



which presents itself is this: what kinds shall be 

 planted as the 



Nurses for 



Here again, a good deal will depend upon the 

 object of the planter, the nature of the soil, and 

 the exact arrangements which are made at the 

 time of planting ; for it might be quite proper to 

 plant a species of Tree in one place, while, 

 owing to a difference in the staple or the con- 



dition of the soil, it would be just the reverse 



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in another. 



The remarks which I shall have to make on 

 this subject have, in some degree, been anticipated 

 by the observations which I have already made, 

 respecting the Skellingthorpe Plantation, but a 

 more particular reference to a few well-known 

 kinds, may not be amiss, 



I begin with the Larch , which, from its great 

 value to Farmers and others, is fairly entitled to 

 precedence. 



The Larch is found, in greater or smaller pro- 

 portions, in most places where Plantations are 



