i8i STATISTICAL SURVEY 



Hitherto, no reftricYions have been laid on the fize 

 or age of plants, under the head of premium planting, 

 and, of courfe, vaft quantities of feedlings have been 

 planted, fmce the commencement of this faltttary in- 

 ftitution. 



Seedlings in general are not calculated for our foils, 

 upon the great fcale of planting. It is in vain to pur- 

 fue the fame modes here, as are pracYifed in Scotland, 

 and other parts of Great Britain ; the luxuriance of 

 our foils, in general, points out the abfurdity of the 

 fyftem. 



The Society requires, that a certain number of 

 plants muft be firft planted to each plantation acre, 

 and that a given quantity muft be kept up for a certain 

 number of years. When feedlings compofc part of 

 fuch plantations, they muft be narrowly watched from 

 time to time, in order to keep up the quantity fpecified 

 by the Society. 



I know, from much experience, that this mode in 

 the end becomes very expenfive, and that at the lofs 

 of many thoufauds of trees, which might otherwife be 

 laved ; and, after all, the defired end is fcarcely ever 

 completely anfwered, at leaft, not fo effectually, as if 

 the planting had been formed, the firft day, of regular 

 well-conditioned tranfplanted trees, that would at once 

 defy the luxuriance of our fpontaneous growth, and 

 give no further trouble, after being fairly planted, till 

 the operation of thinning Ihould take place. 



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