602 Cultivation of Grafs Land. Planting. Timler~Trets Soils proper for, 



draining; to take off the fuperfluous water : the fituation and foil being thus atten 

 tively confidered and prepared, a proper felection of plants mould be made. 

 Such as mod particularly deferve attention for wafte lands, are oak, afh, elm,beech, 

 birch, fycamore,larch,and the various kinds of fir. The oak has been found to thrive 

 on foils of very oppofite qualities, but thofe of a dry, deep, firm nature, are beft 

 adapted to it, with a proper degree of fhelter. The afh profpers in almoft every 

 dry foil, even in expofed fituations ; in rather damp and free mellow foils the elm 

 is to be preferred, efpecially for wafte lands; if in very elevated places a chalky, gra 

 velly, or light loamy foil abound, the beech may be planted with fuccefs. In all 

 foils and fituations the larch is found to thrive where the Scotch fir cannot be 

 raifed, and the latter is proverbially known to fucceed in the poorefl and moft 

 elevated places.* 



* Nicol on Planting. 



