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SECTION III. 



Manner of Thinning and Pruning neglected Plantations. 



IN this case, of neglected plantations, the 

 operations of Thinning and Pruning become 

 necessary at the same time. As these sub- 

 jects have been treated in a particular man- 

 ner in the IVth Chapter, and as the treat- 

 ment of wounds, &c. has also been there 

 enlarged on, it will be unnecessary to repeat 

 the minutiae of performance here, farther 

 than to point out, in a plain and brief man- 

 ner, the most effectual method of RECLAIM- 

 ING, and pruning into shape, such trees as 

 have been totally overlooked or maltreated. 

 With this view, let us divide the subject into, 



1st. MIXED PLANTATIONS UNDER TEN 

 YEARS OLD ; which may be reclaimed with 

 little trouble or expence, and might forthwith 

 be trained to any useful purpose. 



If the trees have been planted thickly, 

 that is, at three or four feet apart, according 

 to situation and soil, and if the plantation has 



