SITUATIONS. 13 



SECTION II. 



Low, Sheltered, INLAND Situations. 



THE subject in view here, being opposed 

 to that of the preceding section, it would 

 appear that the difficulty of rearing timber 

 from the want of shelter as therein stated, 

 is at first sight obviated. If the soil is 

 congenial, it is so in a great measure. But 

 this consideration has led many into error, 

 who have been tempted, by the favourable- 

 ness of situation, to plant improper kinds, at 

 improper distances, and of insufficient quan- 

 tity, to become valuable timber. Others 

 have erred by adhering to the opposite ex- 

 treme. A medium is adviseable. 



It will be allowed, as it is presumed, that 

 much of the future form and strength of a 

 tree, and consequently of its usefulness, de- 

 pends on its treatment in the earlier period 

 of its existence the first ten years of its life. 

 Consequently, constraint and restraint are 

 equally inadmissible. By too thick planting, 

 and want of timely thinning, trees may be 



