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ing; because, though it might be possible 

 to enlarge the length of stem in some 

 cases, still such enlargement must ever 

 remain too knotty, and otherwise defec- 

 tive, to be of much value. — The stem, 

 usually a short one, is all the timber this 

 $ort of management produces. 



PLANTATIONS, 



Having said thus much of pruning, as 

 applicable to the growth and improve- 

 ment of timber generall}^, we now come 

 to mention some circumstances peculiar 

 to plantations, but shall first notice the 

 reasons or inducements which Gentlemen 

 have to attend to the business. 



Plantations forni one of the first orna- 

 ments upon an estate, and fortunately in- 

 clude likewise the comfortable and bene- 

 ficial property of shelter ; and, also, what 

 is still more important, prove the best 



