PLANTING. U7 



Stances of slit planting, the third or fourth 

 year should arrive hefore a general revision 

 or beet ing take place. By this time, the 

 plants will be, visibly, either in a dead or 

 flourishing state ; for it frequently happens 

 that many of the deciduous kinds, particu- 

 larly if placed in a bleak situation, or if the 

 first summer prove dry, will die down to the 

 ground, push weakly -the second season, and 

 vigorously the third. By this time, also, the 

 sown Oaks will have made their appearance, 

 and, perhaps, will have supplied the place of 

 many dead plants. 



However, by the fourth year, the planta- 

 tion should be gone over and filled up, that 

 the crop may rise regularly in all parts, and 

 that the beeted plants be not drawn up too 

 weak, or be choaked by the others. 



It may be unnecessary to observe, that, 

 where pitting is practicable, the pits should 

 be made the preceding summer, as directed 

 in Section I. of this Chapter, that the ground 

 may undergo the operation of fallowing : an 

 article the more obviously necessary for for- 

 warding the growth of the plants, so as they 



