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elevated, bleak parts, and where the soil is 

 poor, thin, and gravelly, the Birch, the 

 Beech, the Elm, and the Larch, are the 

 kinds which most probably will succeed, and 

 of which most should be planted; next to 

 which follow in value, the Scotch Fir, the 

 Hornbeam, the Sycamore, and the Mountain 

 Sorb. In the less elevated parts, and where 

 the soil is thicker, although poor, the Oak, 

 the Ash, and the Norway Spruce may be 

 added to the above. And, in the most shel- 

 tered parts, and where the soil is also found 

 deep, the Oak, the Elm, the Larch, the Ash, 

 and the Beech are objects of the first impor- 

 tance; next to which follow the American 

 Spruce, and the Silver Fir. 



Secondly, where the object embraces both 

 the culture of valuable and decorative timber, 

 to the above kinds may be added, the Ches- 

 nut, the Horse-Chesnut, the Laburnum, the 

 Lime, the Poplar, the Platanus, the Walnut, 

 the Willow, the Cedar, the Weymouth Pine, 

 &c. which should be varied in quantity on 

 the respective parts of the site, according to 

 the soil most evidently adapted to them, and 

 the leading features of the design; as, the 



