TREES TO PLANT 



clog-soles and the poplar for using as the 

 bottoms of carts and waggons for conveying 

 stones, as it teases rather than splits or 

 splinters. 



Of late the wood of the sweet or Spanish 

 chestnut is finding its level, for it certainly 

 has been a neglected timber, though one of 

 the best for frames of buildings and fencing 

 purposes. Gravelly loam suits it well. More 

 fitted for low-lying than exposed woodlands 

 are the walnut, lime, and hornbeam, the 

 timbers of which are valuable for many im- 

 portant purposes, but the trees require good 

 soil. 



CONIFEROUS TREES. It may seem some- 

 what strange, but it is nevertheless a fact 

 that out of fully one hundred and ninety 

 species of coniferous trees that are cultivated 

 in this country, less than a dozen are valuable 

 from a purely commercial point of view or 

 the quantity and quality of timber they 

 produce. 



These include the common larch, Scotch, 

 Corsican, and Wey mouth pines, the common 



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