SITUATIONS. 15 



\viil succeed if the soil is favourable, much 

 must depend on circumstances. Demand, 

 probable demand, locality of situation, and 

 the fancy of the proprietor, are points of the 

 first consideration. Next are those of, whe- 

 iher on the same estate, in the same district, 

 and with the same favourable and local ad- 

 vantages, there are other situations of an op- 

 posite nature, and which are also to be ap-, 

 propriated to the raising of forest timber. 



Admitting this case, the following might, 

 perhaps, with greatest propriety be planted 

 here : The Oak, Larch, Elm, Beech, Horse- 

 chesnut, Walnut, Lime, Spruce, and Silver 

 Firs. Reserving for the more unsheltered 

 situation, the Ash, Birch, Sycamore, Horn- 

 beam, Mountain-sorb, and Scotch Fir, with 

 a mixture of Larch ; as here their timber 

 would be more valuable than in the other si- 

 tuation. 



In an inland district, and where convey- 

 ance to distant parts is attended with dif- 

 ficulty, prudence would seem to dictate the 

 planting of such lands only as are not tilla- 

 ble by the plough, in masses ; and belts, 

 stripes, &c. for the sake of shelter to the a- 



