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to run, and might be injured by digging 

 and preparing the ground for the vegetable 

 crop. 



C 2dly. DESTROYING NOXIOUS WEEDS, as 

 whins, broom, bramble, &c. until the trees 

 are established and overtop them, is emi- 

 nently useful. This, however, is subject to 

 restrictions. 



In sheltered situations, the whole ground is 

 to be cleared of these plants. Not so in 

 bleak exposures. Their presence here is 

 even desirable. A young growth of whins, 

 broom, &c. rushing up with the timber 

 crop, act the part of nurses completely. But 

 here observe, the pits, or a space of eighteen 

 inches around the trees, is to be kept clear ; 

 retaining such whins, broom, &.c. o?ily, as 

 are placed in the centre of the intervals: 

 thus forming, as it were, a mixt plantation 

 of timber* whins, and broom ; the latter, by 

 the shelter they afford, evidently operating 

 to the benefit of the trees. 



But the reader is particularly requested to 

 discriminate here, that errors may be avoid- 

 ed. The points for consideration are, 



