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known unprincipled men leave about a third of the ground 

 undisturbed. It should therefore be done either by the day, 

 or with the understanding that if any part of the soil should 

 be found unbroken, the price of the whole would be withheld. 



2. The time for planting is of the greatest moment: All 

 planting by the seaside should be done during the month of 

 March, or in the first fortnight in April. The plants will 

 thus be free from the cutting winter's winds, until they have 

 established themselves in their new situations. Some will no 

 doubt go and try a half measure, by planting at the proper 

 season on ujitrenched soil : let them do so — success cannot 

 be theirs. It should be continually borne in mind that plant- 

 ing, under the present circumstances, is not at all encouraged 

 by Nature ; it is a union of the wild and tame, which, though 

 permitting, she does not foster; and Art, therefore, has to use 

 her utmost exertions to compensate for the want of that en- 

 couragement. 



3. So difficult is the work of maritime planting, that, in 

 addition to the land being well prepared, and the best season 

 chosen, there must be shelter created ; and this should be 

 done in two ways — as an outside work, by erecting a strong 

 high fence of furze bundles, or brushwood, around the plan- 

 tation, and by planting the young trees very close to each 

 other, leaving only about a space of eighteen inches between 

 them. At this rate 19,000 plants will be required for every 

 acre of land. 



4. Cleaning the land for two years is all-important. The 

 best plan is to take a crop of carrots or parsnips from the land 

 the first year ; and this will pay all the expenses of hoeing, 

 &c., and do no injury to the trees. 



The next point is to select the kinds of trees best suited 

 for such a situation ; for, if this should be neglected, the 

 other instructions, as a matter of course, would be rendered 

 useless. 



The first deciduous tree adapted to the situation under con- 

 sideration, is the Norfolk Black Sallow, a variety of the Sa- 

 lix caprea, thought by some to be peculiar to Norfolk : it is a 

 most determined grower, even close to the water, and a tree 



