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only a half top, say the top all on one side ; by at- 

 tending to this, a crop of fine trees will, for ages, be 

 kept on the ground. Where there are already blanks 

 in this and the aforesaid plantations, these should 

 be filled up with plants of oak, Spanish chesnut, 

 English elm, plane and lime trees ; when these 

 are put in, enclose them singly with my portable 

 paling, (See Forester's Guide,) which is both ele- 

 gant, durable, and cheap. I have been the more 

 particular with the trees here, as they hold a most 

 distinguished part and situation on the demesne, and 

 require immediate attention, and should I meet with 

 any other trees or clusters of planting requiring the 

 same treatment, I will only give a reference to this. 

 It is agreed at all hands, that nothing beautifies or 

 makes a nobleman's mansion look more antique, 

 than to have fine large old venerable trees, and the 

 greatest imaginable attention should be paid to the 

 preserving and keeping up all such trees. The mak- 

 ing of pollard trees in places of this kind is of great 

 use when large trees are transplanted; the best me- 

 thod I have always found, in doing it is, to pollard 

 the trees to be transplanted two or three years be- 

 fore transplanting them, so as they may be forming 

 a top. 



No. V. 



Large Trees along a Private Family Walk. 



Here are to be seen a number of very fine vener- 

 able old English elms, which are, in so far as I have 

 seen, a very great rarity in this country. Indeed 



