]£)2 



Space ;— oi" course, as soon as the branciie& 

 begin to interfere with each other consi- 

 derably, it is time to thin or prune a 

 plantation, but more commonly both. 



The error of planting too thick is ex> 

 tremely common, and that as frequently 

 leads to another; namely, the neglect oi 

 thinning ; as by the time it becomes ne- 

 cessary, the thinnings can only be fit for 

 hedge-wood, of the fire ; and, therefore, 

 in such cases, it is seldom done either in 

 proper time or manner. 



The difference between planting at 

 three and four feet apart, is as 4844) to 

 2722 ; and still it remains to be shown,- 

 (for it has never yet been done), in what 

 beneficial respect the former exceeds the 

 latter ; except on exposures and very bad 

 soils, for a few of the first years, and pro- 

 ducing the sort of thinnings we have de- 

 scribed ; vvhich of course mustbecharoed 

 for exJia^sting the soil ; and expeace of 



