HEDGE-ROW TIMBER, &C. 191 



neral result seems to decide in favour of 

 planting trees under ten feet l?i height ; be- 

 cause, first, they are removed at a moderate 

 expence; secondly, they are got up with 

 better roots in proportion to their tops, than 

 plants of greater size ; and thirdly, the wind 

 cannot act so forcibly upon them as on larger 

 trees. 



But the medium she of plants, intended 

 either for single detached trees, small groupes 

 of two or three, or for hedge-row timber, 

 may, perhaps, with propriety, be fixed at 

 five feet in height. These, and indeed all 

 plants intended for this purpose, must pre- 

 viously be kept in training ; otherwise, suc- 

 cess will be rendered doubtful. That they 

 be trained near to the place where they are 

 afterwards to be planted, is obviously neces- 

 sary ; both on account of saving expence in 

 carriage, and that their roots may be exposed 

 to the weather as little as possible. 



In many cases, neighbouring plantations 

 may afford a source sufficient of plants for 

 this purpose. In other cases, a conveni- 

 ently situated Nursery becomes an object 

 of consideration. But, in all cases, it is 



