PRACTICAL HINTS 



ON 



PLANTING ORNAMENTAL TREES. 



INTRODUCTORY REMARKS PLANTING IN EXPOSED PLACES. 

 PLANTING AMONGST OTHER TREES. PROPER SEASON 

 FOR PLANTING. 



THE labours of the planter, whether considered in 

 an ornamental or a commercial point of view, are 

 undoubtedly amongst the most important of the 

 industrial arts ; and in the practice of them there 

 exists a beautiful combination of purpose. The useful 

 and the ornamental are intimately blended in them. 

 The proprietor who clothes the barren hill with an 

 appropriate vegetation, or rears a forest on a sterile 

 heath, at once shelters and adorns the country, and 

 contributes to the source that will supply the future 

 demand for timber. He gratifies the eye with a varied 

 landscape, and adds value to the surrounding fields ; 

 confers great benefit on the present generation, and 

 bequeaths a valuable legacy to posterity. 



