14:2 THE PRACTICAL PLANTER. 



of hoeing, &c. This is the safer side of 

 error. 



And who, with all his heart, would be- 

 stow a portion of ground on the cultivation 

 of timber, and afterwards say to himself: " I 

 have clone wrong, the ground will produce 

 good vegetable crops; I don't much care for 

 the trees, they will fight their way ; I have 

 a mind to make the most of the land, and 

 will have it fully cropped with vegetables," 

 &c. ? 



No : either stub the trees up at once, leave 

 them to nature, or bestow a rational culture 

 on them. But be assured, that, by the lat- 

 ter, whatever may be the quality of the 

 soil in question, they can be replaced by no 

 crop whatever that will ultimately pay so well 

 for the trouble. 



How long this trouble, namely, of hoeing, 

 &c. should be continued, is discretionary ; 

 but whoever practiseth it to the fourth year, 

 renders the plants a manifest service, and 

 which, by their after- progress, they will 

 amply reward. Cropping with vegetables 

 should not be persisted in beyond this time. 

 The roots of the trees will now begin 



