PLANTING. 19 



CHAP. IV. 



ON PLANTING, AND THE MANAGEMENT OF NEW 

 PLANTATIONS. 



SECTION I. 



On Preparing the Ground^ Pitting^ &c. 



THE preparation of the ground for the 

 reception of the infant plants, is an ob- 

 ject of the utmost consequence to their future 

 welfare ; and whatever method is practised, 

 it should be wdl performed. That I may 

 have it in my power to speak with precision, 

 I shall faithfully state my own practice; and 

 that the subject may be more clearly under- 

 stood, and less complicated by repetitions, let 

 us divide it into the following heads ; viz. 



1st. Clearing the ground of whins, broom, 

 bramble, &c. 



2rf. Draining. 



3d. Ploughing, &c. only. 



4th. Pitting only. 



5th. Ploughing and Pitting, 



