INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 



the care bestowed in very many instances. Trees 

 thus scantily provided for, will no doubt, when highly 

 favoured by soil and situation, succeed well enough. 

 But such can only be exceptional cases, and wher- 

 ever early and complete success with rapid growths 

 are required, whether in a plantation, a group, or but 

 a single tree, a properly prepared situation should 

 be provided and a systematic course of subsequent 

 attention given. 



The varieties of situation in which it may be 

 desirable to plant are of course very numerous, and 

 their local peculiarities highly diversified, and no 

 treatise however elaborate in detail could bring the 

 whole under review. An actual inspection of the 

 locality would in many instances be necessary to 

 determine the most desirable mode of procedure, and 

 to enable one to form a correct opinion as to the 

 most suitable kind of trees to be employed. 



But though a variation in detail may often be 

 found necessary to success in planting, the general 

 principles will remain the same, under all circum- 

 stances and conditions. Without reference to the 

 many minor varieties of each, which, as before observed, 

 can ODly be properly understood and treated where 

 they occur, we have arranged our observations under 

 two heads, viz., Planting in open and exposed 

 situations, destitute of shelter of any kind; and planting 

 amongst trees already existing. It is hoped that, with 

 the instructions given, will be found advice applicable 

 to a great variety of circumstances. 



