8 THE PRACTICAL PLANTER. 



would appear to be the most difficult on 

 which young timber may be reared; yet, 

 by strictly attending to three points-, success 

 may be equally sure, though slower, in this, 

 as in any other. These are, first, to choose 

 kinds which will ultimately become valua- 

 ble ; secondly, to plant thickly, and with 

 small plants", and thirdly, to plant a mass of 

 considerable extent and width together. 



Experience shows, that planting improper 

 kinds, large plants, thin, and in small quan- 

 tities together, is spending much time and 

 money in vain. But, by planting as above 

 described, two grand points are obtained ; 

 first, an artificial shelter is, in some measure, 

 produced, and the plants are inured to their 

 situation from infancy. 



On very high, bleak mountains, which are 

 intended to be covered from the base to the 

 summit, and where success in rearing timber 

 may be doubtful, the most effectual mode of 

 producing artificial shelter, is to divide the 

 mountain into so many zones or belts, ac- 

 cording to conveniency ; planting that near- 

 est the base first, and so on until the summit 

 i* gained. 



