THE PRACTICAL PLANTER. 



by noxious weeds of any kind, until they 

 rise " superior to them all," would seem to 

 ill become HIM who is at all anxious for the 

 welfare of his plantations. 



3dly. BEETING OR FILLING UP OF VA- 

 CANCIES occasioned by the death of planted 

 trees, that there may be an equal crop on 

 the ground, is an indispensable duty/ 



It not unfrequently happens, however, 

 that, by too implicit an obedience to that 

 duty, much money, and thousands of trees, 

 are wasted. How often do we see two 

 plants rising within a few inches of each 

 other ! This is occasioned by impatience. 

 To plant this year, and beet the next, borders 

 on folly ; unless the ground be kept with 

 the hoe, or that the place of every tree be 

 distinguished, so as to ascertain whether it be 

 dead or alive. 



And this alone is a sufficient reason for 

 keeping the pits clear, as above, on all rough 

 surfaces. Nor would the expence, in general, 

 equal that of putting in unnecessary plants, 

 independent of the advantage the crop would 

 reap by being kept clear. 



But if this is not the case, and in all in- 



