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for nothing else but trees ; it should be kept full ; 

 plant and enclose singly, oak, Spanish chesnut, plane, 

 and Scotch elm, to be reared as standing timber trees. 

 The bank to the west is a most excellent bank for 

 growing or rearing trees of every description ; and 

 the present trees upon the ground are no crop, com- 

 paratively speaking, there being a great many alders 

 which will never be profitable nor ornamental trees 

 — it would be very easy and no great expense to run a 

 paling along the foot of the bank, and cut away the 

 worthless trees of alder, &c. and plant and fill up with 

 plants of ash, oak, &c. Such of the ash as will be or- 

 namental trees may be left ; a tree or two from the 

 alders at the Burn Cottage could be taken out with 

 advantage, and improve the others by giving them 

 scope. 



LARGE TREES GROWING FROM THE OLD STOOL, 

 CHIEFLY PLANE, ASH, AND ELM. 



No. IX. 



Craignehatt Parks. 



The few trees marked to be cut in these fields are 

 only such as are dying or very materially injuring the 

 others ; they should be cut down with the greatest 

 care not to injure those that are to stand, particularly 

 those that are to be cut from the old natural root ; 

 there being three, four, and sometimes five trees 

 growing from the same root ; the tree to be taken 

 away should be cut in a sloping manner, and the cut 

 afterwards carefully dressed up so as not to lodge wa- 



