PLANTING. 0r 



mediate sustenance and nourishment of the 

 infant plant, 



I would remark here, that it is very im- 

 proper to pit clayey soils, which, in that 

 case, would hold the water like a dish, in 

 heavy rains, evidently to the injury of the 

 plants. 



In respect to the size of the pits, circum- 

 stances must ever determine. The depth 

 of soil, and size of the trees to be planted, 

 are subjects of the first consideration. In 

 respect of the former, I follow the invaria- 

 ble rule of pitting always to its full depth, be 

 it ever so much ; and when there is only a 

 thin stratum of turf, &c. of going a few 

 inches deeper^ simply for the purpose of 

 having the turf buried and effectually rotted. 

 before the planting season. For otherwise, 

 I hold it to be particularly injurious to place 

 the young and tender fibres in cankering 

 gravel, in till, or corroding sand. 



In respect of the latter, namely, the size 

 of the trees, which may be considered to 

 regulate the diameter of the pits, by the 

 SYSTEM here set forth, and for the situa- 

 tion under present view, trees of more than 



