li^O THE PRACTICAL PLANTER. 



planting in mixture, since by help of free- 

 growing nurses, the plantation acquires figure 

 much sooner; and the valuable kinds form 

 for " timber of stature" from infancy with- 

 out much necessity of chastisement, provided 

 proper attention be paid to removing the 

 nurses in time, that the timber be not drawn 

 up too weak and slender. 



Nevertheless, when the ultimate intention 

 is grouping, and when that formality is dis- 

 pensed with at first, or until the plantation 

 hath acquired considerable figure, nursing 

 may be effectually practised, by planting, 

 perhaps Larch, Poplars, and Mountain-Ash, 

 as nurses over the whole; or perhaps only one 

 of these kinds, as may be determined by 

 choice or existing circumstances. 



In respect of the quantity or number of 

 nurses, and what proportion that should bear 

 to the intended crop, much must depend on 

 circumstances. In a thin soil, and bleak si- 

 tuation, perhaps tree for tree may be requi- 

 site. In a less exposed situation, and better 

 soil, perhaps there should be one nurse for 

 two principals. And in the most sheltered 

 situations, with good soil, perhaps one nurse 



