HINTS ON PLANTING ORNAMENTAL TREES. 



PLANTING IN EXPOSED SITUATIONS. ' 



The position of the different groups and detached 

 specimens having been decided on, the first con- 

 sideration should refer to drainage. A drain should 

 lead from or intersect each position intended for a 

 single specimen, and a number in proportion to the 

 size be in connexion with the spaces allotted for 

 each group. It will not be always necessary to 

 afibrd separate drains to each. A judicious application 

 of cross-draining, made with reference to the natural 

 declivities of the ground, will equally accomplish the 

 desired purpose. 



The point next demanding attention will be trench- 

 ing. The situations for single trees should be trenched 

 to the extent of at least ten feet in diameter, and 

 eighteen or twenty inches deep, and those for the 

 groups of a like depth, and considerably wider every 

 way than will be required for the reception of the 

 permanent trees. After the necessary draining and 

 trenching, and if a season's delay is of no moment, it 

 will be found an excellent system to take a root crop 

 before planting. The manure and consequent culti- 

 vation will bring the soil into an excellent condition 

 for the reception of the plants ; and although a season 

 is apparently lost, it will not prove so in reality. The 

 increased rapidity of growth in soil so well prepared 

 will more than compensate the seeming loss of time. 



There will, of course, occur many situations where 

 this application of manure, as far as the trees intended 



