24-2 THE PRACTICAL PLANTER. 



Then make the second fall. Remove 

 one half of the Stands at this time, which will 

 single them, finally, to the distance of about 

 forty feet. Henceforth, keep their heads 

 light and taper, for the sake of the under- 

 wood ; and 



Continue to make falls every fifteen, 

 twenty, or twenty-five years, according to 

 existing circumstances, until the timber be 

 of full maturity, when it may be cut down, 

 and the above culture may be repeated. 



SECTION IV. 



Dressing of Old Timbers, standing irregular or de- 

 tached, in Natural Woods. 



AND here we may find many goodly trees, 

 which, with little trouble, might be rendered 

 valuable Ship-timber. By reason of their 

 standing amongst underwood, their stems are 

 generally elongated, and found clean and 

 smooth, to the usual height to which the 



