THE PRACTICAL PLANTER. 



gle row, in a sheltered situation, may rise 

 sooner, and more effectually afford shelter, 

 than a stripe of this description, in a bleak 

 exposure. 



Wherefore, before proceeding to mark off 

 the breadth of stripes, or to delineate clumps 

 with this view, the situation, in conjunction 

 with the quality of the soil, should be duly 

 considered. 



If the site is much elevated, the soil poor, 

 and the climate unfavourable, the stripe or 

 belt should not be made less than sixty or 

 seventy yards in breadth. Nor should the 

 mean diameter of the clump, provided it lie 

 somewhat regular, and in a mass, be made 

 less than double that breadth, viz. from a 

 hundred and twenty to a hundred and fifty 

 yards. 



In more favourable situations, with a bet- 

 ter soil, the breadth of stripes or belts may 

 be reduced to about forty yards ; and the 

 mean diameter of clumps,- to about an hun- 

 dred. 



But in no situation whatever, in the pre- 

 sent point of view, should stripes be under 

 twenty yards in breadth. Clumps or masses, 



