218 .-THE PRACTICAL PLANTER. 



from infancy ; but this is not always to be 

 depended on. 



3dly. MIXT PLANTATIONS ABOVE TWEN- 

 TY AND UNDER FORTY YEARS OLD,which 



have never been thinned, &c. have grown 

 well, and are now thickets, may still be re- 

 claimed:, although with considerable diffi- 

 culty. In this case, die trees will be very 

 tall and slender, and must be exposed to 

 a freer air than they have lately enjoyed, 

 with the utmost caution ; nor will it be 

 possible to reduce the plantation into proper 

 order at the first, or perhaps 3, second thin- 

 ning. 



In this case also, it is probable, that many 

 trees will have gained an ascendency over 

 the rest. These, unless they are of bad 

 kinds, should be regarded and retained as 

 the trees which, with the greatest probability 

 of success, may be trained into proper form. 

 For such as have been overtopped in a per- 

 fect thicket for years, will be rendered so 

 feeble, and have so few side branches, that 

 they would neither be able to support their 

 own weight, were they singled out, nor 



