114 THE PRACTICAL PLANTER. 



Poplar and Alder; if it suit the Oak, it will 

 also suit the Elm and Chesnut ; and if it suit 

 the Beech, it will also suit the Larch and Sy- 

 camore, &c. 



Of this there can be no doubt. But the 

 position may be so altered as to hazard suc- 

 cess. For instance, the Elm will always 

 thrive with the Oak, but the Oak will not 

 always flourish with the Elm ; the Birch will 

 always flourish with the Platanus, but some- 

 times the Platanus will not even live with 

 the Birch ; nor will the American Spruce, 

 in all cases, with the Native Pine. Not so 

 with the Beech, the Larch, the Elm, the 

 Hornbeam, the Sycamore, and the Mountain 

 Sorb ; these are more faithful companions ; 

 nor will the one desert the other in sickness, 

 or this droop where that reareth his head. 



From this view of the subject, it will not 

 be difficult to assign to each its situation rela- 

 tive to the other. Let us therefore consider 

 what respects locality in the site. 



And first, of those sites which extend over 

 a considerable tract, where both soil and si- 

 tuation are varied, and where the chief object 

 is the culture of valuable timber: In the most 



