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namely, about thirty years, the trees may 

 be thinned out to from ten to fifteen feet, 

 more or less, according to the richness of 

 the soil, situation in point of shelter, and the 

 vigour of the plants. 



About seven years hence, (when the plan- 

 tation will be about forty years old,) the 

 trees will have advanced apace from the 

 treatment they have experienced ; and may 

 now be finally singled out to the distance of 

 about thirty feet each way, more or less, ac- 

 cording to circumstances, as above. At this; 

 time also, let the pruning necessary be per- 

 formed, by sending a light person up to sin- 

 gle out the leader, &c. which to keep in or- 

 der, will forthwith be the only care required. 



4thly. MIXT PLANTATIONS OF FIFTY 



YEARS OLD AND UPWARDS, which have 



either never been regularly thinned, or have 

 run into disorder, are most difficult to re- 

 claim. In this case, the branches have now 

 assumed the appearance of lusty arms, and 

 bear such proportion to the trunk, that to lop 

 them off would be exceedingly imprudent, 

 and to shorten them would make the trees 

 look very unsightly. 



