Cultivation of Grafs Land* Planting. Timber-Trees, 



The fame writer has likewife fuggefted, that by diftributing a few trees of the 

 apple and pear kind thinly over the meadow and pafture lands in all thole diftricts 

 \vherethey could be planted with fuccefs, but little injury would be done to the 

 herbage ; while a found palatable liquor would be provided for the whole of the 

 population employed in the bufinefs of hufbandry, and in produdive feafons a fup- 

 ply afforded for other purpofes ; befide advantages derived in the faving of barley, 

 as well as the prevention of fo many acres being cultivated under the hop fyftem.* 

 Timber-Trees. In the railing of timber or other foreft-trees, almoft every thing 

 depends upon properly adapting them to the particular nature of the land, its be 

 ing in a fuitable (late of preparation for their reception, and the planting being 

 performed at a proper feafon, in a perfect manner, and at proper diftances, accord 

 ing to the nature of the trees and fituation. There are likewife a few other circum- 

 ftances that demand attention in conducting this bufinefs in the moft effectual 

 manner, which are thofe of keeping the trees perfectly clean and free from all forts 

 of rubbifh, and the made or annoyance of qther forts of planes, efpecially during 

 their early growth, and at the fame time having them well fheltered and fecured 

 from the intrufion of all forts of live flock. It is only by attention in thefe dif 

 ferent refpects that plantations of any kind of trees can be raifed with any degree of 

 certainty or fuccefs. 



The particular kinds of foil beft adapted to the cultivation of the different forts 

 of timber-trees, and in which fome or other of them will be found to grow in the 

 moft perfect manner, are gravelly or light fandy foils, with free porous fub-foils ; 

 gravelly or fandy loams on porous fub-foils ; loamy, fandy, or gravelly foils on re 

 tentive fub-foils ; gravelly chalk or chalky loams on porous fub-foils ; loamy clays 

 or clayey loams on porous fub-foils ; and ftrong clayey or loamy foils on retentive 

 fub-foils. Likewife thin moorifh heathy foils on gravelly or porous fub-foils, alfo 

 on clay or retentive fub-foils. Such foils as are of a ferruginous kind, and of little 

 depth, are found the moft unfavourable to the growth of timber, efpeciaUy where 

 the iub-foil is retentive, as the deftructive moifture in fuch cafes Magnates near 

 the furface, and deprives the roots of thofe healthy materials which they mould 

 take up for the purpofe of nourimment and fupport. 



In forming plantations, befide the neceflity of having them properly fecured 

 by good fences, if the foils be not fufficicntly dry, recourfe muft likewifebe had to 



* Knight on the Apple and Pear. 



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