210 THE PRACTICAL PLANTER. 



SECTION II 



necessary Caution to be observed in respect of gra- 

 dual Thinning, according to the State or local Situa- 

 tion o the Plantation. 



THE necessary caution to be observed in thin- 

 ning neglected Plantations, may be aided by 

 the following considerations : 



1st. The age of the plantation in question. 



Idly. Whether it has ever been thinned. 



Sdly. Its situation whether sheltered or 

 exposed. 



4thly. In what degree thriving. 



Sthly. Its composition whether of valua- 

 ble kinds, and in what quantity. 



6thly. If a Fir Plantation. 



THE AGE of the plantation to be thinned, 

 may, in a great measure, point out the cau- 

 tion to be observed. If it is but a few years 

 old, that is, under ten, and is comfortably 

 situated in point of shelter, every freedom 

 may be used in reducing it to regularity. If 

 it is between ten and twenty years old, and 



