PLANTING. Ill 



formed, in uniform gradation, of kinds most 

 likely to succeed each other, in the case of 

 either disagreeing with the soil or climate ; 

 and which also succeed each other in respect 

 of value as timber : doing justice at least, to 

 the patriotic intention of the planter, should 

 the first and more valuable kinds fail. 



Some are advocates for planting in groupes, 

 from the idea that there is an antipathy be- 

 tween trees, or that the shade of one kind 

 of tree is hurtful to another. That the shade 

 of any one tree is hurtful to another, cannot 

 be doubted ; but that there is an antipathy 

 between the kinds, seems a doctrine founded 

 in chimera. 



That the drop of one kind is hurtful to 

 another, is also advanced in support of this 

 mode of planting, and the Ash is generally 

 held out as an example. If one Ash tree 

 over-hang another, or if an Elm over-hang 

 an Ash, is the consequence different ? Does 

 not every tree, who lords it over his neigh- 

 bour, not only over-drop him, exclude him 

 from sun and air, but also cut off his food, 

 by greedily extending his roots, and devour- 

 ing his portion ? Hence, the Ash has gene- 



