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ter, certainly. From which alone may be demonftrated the caufe why plants of 

 this dcfcription furpafs thofe of greater fize, as above ftated. Thefe are raifcd 

 with unbroken, tufty, and fibrous roots ; thofe with maimed, lank, fibrelefs ones ; 

 nor do they, with the utmoft (kill and attention, bearfuch proportion to the top. 

 Confequently, the fibrils cannot afterwards, by the utmoft efforts of human art, be 

 induced fo immediately to fcek pafturage for the fuftenance of the trunk.&quot; For 

 though lopping may in a great meafu re obviate this, injury is thereby done to the 

 tree. In all foils and lituations it is thefufeft and leaft expenfive method to plant 

 young healthy well-rooted plants. 



The circumftances to be next confidered in this bufinefs are thofe of the diftance 

 and manner of planting : on thefe points Mr. Nicol s direction are, that &quot; for the 

 moll expofcd, bleak fites, and barren foil, from thirty to forty inches may be con 

 fidered as a good medium ; varying the diftance according to circumftances. For 

 in an extenfive tract it will hardly happen that there is not a variety of foils. 

 Some parts may be deeper and more loamy ; others more gravelly or rocky. In 

 the former, the greater diftance may be advifable ; in the latter, the leiTcr. 



&quot; For lefsexpofed fites,and where foil is found above 1 fix inches in depth, from 

 four to five feet will be a good medium ; varying the diftance according to cir 

 cumftances, as above. 



&quot; For belts, ftripes, or clumps, whofe breadth or diameter does not exceed an 

 hundred feet, lying in a bleak fituation, and of thin foil, the margin, on all fides, 

 mould be planted at not more than two feet apart; the interior parts at three. 

 Thofe lying on a more fheltered fituation, and of deeper foil, may be allowed dif 

 tance according to circumftances. But narrow ftripes, or fmali clumpsj even if 

 the foil may be termed good, (hould generally be planted thicker than a more ex 

 tended mafs, that the plants may afford each other fhelter. 



&quot; For the mod fheltered fites, where the foil is deep, good, and where appa 

 rently every plant will grow, fix feet will be a good medium diftance. Wider than 

 this, he cannot approve in any cafe whatever j becaufe, at this diftance, the plants 

 have room to grow till their thinnings become ufcful. But, even were this not an 

 object, there is a greater ; namely, that the plants may not grow too fquat in their 

 infancy, and that the &quot;pruning hook&quot; be not much wanted in the formation of 

 ftately timber.&quot; 



It is conceived that &quot;he who plants too thin, with the idea of faving trouble, in. 



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