THE PRACTICAL PLANTER. 



by cropping the tender shoots, they retard 

 its growth, and consequently, a quick return 

 of profit. Secondly, to bestow a little trou- 

 ble for three or four years, in going over the 

 stools, rubbing off the superfluous spray, and 

 retaining a moderate number of shoots, would 

 hasten the maturity of the wood, for another 

 fall, and return of profit. 



If treated in this manner, and if the de- 

 mand is for fuel and bark alone, a crop at 

 the end of every fifteen, twenty, or twenty- 

 five years, according to the strength of the 

 land on which the wood grows, may reason- 

 ably be expected ; more profitable, perhaps, 

 than at a greater age ; because, bark of this 

 description brings the highest price. 



