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It is of the utmofl importance, as has been already fecn, in railing plantations ot 

 the timber kind, efpeciaily in bleak expofed fituations, that warmth and protec 

 tion be afforded by the judicious ufe of trees of quick creel: growth and numerous 

 branches. It has been obfervcd, that in all lunatic ns, and on all foils, except thofe 

 termed humid, and which arc ada; ted to the aquatic kinrs only, the larch is with 

 out doubt the moft proper nurfe, and therefore fnould take preference of all others 

 for this purpofe. But that on fub-hurnid, or loamy foils, the Lombard} 7 poplar 

 and Huntingdon willow are good fubftitutes ; and, when variety is the obje&amp;lt;^, 

 ought to be mixed with the larch, for the purpofe of nurting the other more valuable 

 kinds. And that on elevated, poor fites, the mountain-alb, for the firft ten or 

 fifteen years, is outdone by the larch only, in the office of nurfing, and is juftly 

 admitted for the fake of variety. In all fituations this plant grows quickly in 

 youth. In maritime fituations, the fycamore is likewife eminently ufeful for this 

 purpofe. &quot; Few trees, except the above, grow fafter in youth, and none are more 

 patient of the fea-breezc. Confequently, when the lite is much expofed thereto, 

 this tree fhould be freely planted in mixture with the larch for nurfing the oak, 

 beech, elm, &c. if the intention be the culture of (hip-timber.*&quot; The common 

 pine may fometimes be ufeful in this view, and afford greater variety. The pro-* 

 portion in which trees of this fort mould be employed muft obvioully depend on 

 the peculiarity of the fituation, and other circumftances. Some recommend in 

 thin foils, and bleak fituations, tree for tree; and in lefs expofed fituations, and 

 better foils, one nurfe for two principal trees ; and in molt dickered fituations, 

 with good foil, one nurfe for three, four, or five principal trees may be a fufficiens 

 allowance. On the moft expofed and bleak fituations, where the foil is evidently 

 fterile, the fafeft way is to plant too many rather than too few.f 



We come now to the bufinefs of planting out the trees. The feafon for per 

 forming this to the moft advantage, and with the greateft chance of fuccefs, muft 

 differ according to the nature of the foils and the plants, as well as the ftate of the. 

 weather. In the more porous dry foils, with the hardier forts of trees, the autumn, 

 as from the middle of October to the latter end of November, may be the moft 

 fuitable j as they will be better eftablimed againft the fummer heats, which are of, 

 ten deftructive to new-planted trees. But in the more heavy and moift foils, ef 



* Nicol on Planting. f Ibid, 



