CONTENTS. XVII 



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Great destruction by over-pruning young healthy Trees, 

 — a most ruinous system, . . 95 



The planting and rearing of Trees of greater importance 

 than even Proprietors themselves are apt to imagine, 98 



Office of a Forester on an Estate, of the very greatest re- 

 sponsibility, . ■ . . . . ib. 



Only men of ability should be intrusted with manage- 

 ment and rearing of Woods, . . ib. 



Forester working for the interest of his master's posteri- 

 ty, for his King and country, . . ib. 



Great deliberation necessary before beginning to prune 

 and thin a Plantation, . . 99 



No. 23. Field and Rows of Trees should stand for shelter, &c. 100 



24. Propriety of thinning Groves of Trees, . 101 



25. Pasture Land, ... . 102 



26. Meadow, — ruinous system of injudicious thinning, 103 



27. Belvidere, on the Estate of Balgone, Haddingtonshire, 104* 

 Craigmuir young Planting, ditto, . . 108 

 New Scheme of covering unsightly ground by Trans- 

 planting, . . . . . 110 



Plantation to be made in a Valley, Balgone, . Ill 



Beautiful Romantic Scenery here equal to the High- 

 lands, ...... ib. 



28. Round Stable Padock at Powerscourt, . 113 

 Value of the Ash Tree, . . . .114 



29. Racecourse Field, . . 115 



30. Misfortune of cutting old Trees out near a Mansion, 117 



31. Destroying Trees, by cutting large branches off, ib. 



32. Trees about a Garden, . . . ng 



33. Cultivate Spanish Chesnut Trees for ornament, 1 19 



34. Exposed Bank, . . . .120 



35. Bank of Trees near Powerscourt House, . ib. 

 Great natural curiosity of these Trees, . . 121 



36. Field Trees, when thinned, the roots should all be grub- 



bed out, ... . ib. 



37. Meadow much in want of thinning, . . . 122 



38. A Bank, — keep up Evergreens, . . 12,3 



39. Bank of young Planting,— cut out all unthrifty Trees, 



and drain, .... . ib. 



Plant a triangular row of Spruce Firs, for shelter, &c. 1 24 



40. Young Planting, . . . .125 



41. Young Plantation,— Larch Fir not suitable for the soil, 126 

 Planting on a very bare cold bleak exposed soil, . ib. 

 Method of treatment on such situations, . . 1 28 



