THE 



PRACTICAL PLANTER. 



CHAP. I. 



THE VARIOUS SITUATIONS WHEREON FOREST TIMBER 

 MAY BE ADVANTAGEOUSLY CULTIVATED. 



SECTION I. 



High, Eleaky Mountainous, Inland Situations. 



THAT shelter is, in a great measure, essen- 

 tial to the welfare of all newly planted 

 trees, will readily be admitted by every one 

 conversant on the subject of planting; no- 

 thing being more prejudicial, till the plant is 

 established in its new situation, than wind- 

 waving; which, by loosening the old, and 

 frequently breaking the new fibres, contri- 

 butes to stint the whole tree in growth. 

 Hence, the situation, now under view, 

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