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the means. — If I were asked the abstract 

 question, " Which way can you most be- 

 " nefit plantations, at the least expence T' 

 the answer woukl be — " By shelter/^ 

 — To effect it, in the best possible man- 

 ner j a planter should have a number of 

 suitable plants, to^row under the princi- 

 pal ones, namely, sorts that will not only 

 grow when so situated, but spring afresh 

 upon being cut down or beheaded ;* as, 

 by means of such, the shelter may be pre- 

 served, so as to be permanent. 



But we are not to expect them to 

 thrive sufficient!}', to answer the purpose, 

 without some small degree of attention. 

 If they were cut down three or four years 



* The sorts proper for this purpose are the Beech, 

 Birch, Oak, Hornbeam, Horse Chesnut, Mountain 

 Ash, Barberry, Holly, Box, Privet, &c. The Silver 

 and Spruce Fir are valuable for the purpose, by hav- 

 ing the leaders only displaced repeatedly. The de- 

 tailed method of planting such shelters may be found 

 in Thi Profitable Planter. 



