THE PRACTICAL PLANTER. 



much on the adjacent arable lands : perhaps 

 only so far as to afford good hedge fences, 

 by touching on the better margins of the 

 tilled ground ; or, in order to render the 

 whole more agreeable to the eye, embracing 

 part of a jutting angle, segment, &c. 



In cases, which are not unfrequent ; where 

 the surface is broken by crags, rocks, abrupt 

 ridges, &c. it would certainly tend to the 

 advantage of'the estate, more than any other 

 mode of culture, to plant such with timber 

 trees ; independent of the benefit the neigh- 

 bouring lands would afterwards reap, from 

 the kindly shelter or shade of the plants. 



In others, where the surface is broken by 

 coal, lime, or iron mines, quarries, &c. and 

 where the expence of levelling and reducing 

 it into arable land might be great, it may be 

 found more advantageous to plant as above ; 

 keeping the double purpose of affording 

 shelter to the adjacent grounds in view. 



And in others, where the surface is broken 

 by water-runs, pools, marshes, &c. to plant 

 their margins, will frequently be found to 

 tend to the advantage of the neighbouring 

 lands, and afford the beholder much plea- 

 sure. 



