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after planting, and the other trees suffered 

 to grow over them, they would be so far 

 smothered, as to grow weak, and conse- 

 quently do little service. It would, there- 

 fore, be better to let the whole grow to- 

 gether, for about six years; when the 

 cutting of the underwoods down would 

 be a sort of thinning for the others; by 

 which time, the roots of the former would 

 hav,e got such a degree of strength, that 

 if any tolerable attention be afterwards 

 given to pruning and thinning the latter, 

 the underwoods will grow sufficiently, to 

 answer the desired purpose. 



It -will be obvious, that attempting to 

 grow too many principal trees, must de- 

 range the idea of obtaining underwood ; 

 — indeed it may be demonstrated, that 

 such means not only do so, but defeat the 

 intended purpose. Strength of stem is, 

 as has been observed, essential to the 

 thriving of every tree ; which it cannot 

 have except its head has tolerable free 



