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use, and will do it at the sixth part of the expense of 

 common labour. 



No. XIX. 

 Field. 



The row of trees at the top, and otherwise round 

 this field, as also the row of old trees running up the 

 centre of the field, should be allowed to stand, as when 

 viewed at a distance, from their elevated situation, 

 they are very ornamental ; there are a very few dwarf- 

 ish trees in the row along the top, that never can get 

 up, which may be taken away with propriety ; but 

 these will not exceed five or six in number, as the 

 more that stands the better it looks while they conti- 

 nue green. All trees in single rows round enclo- 

 sures should be thinned out to proper distances when 

 young, because when allowed to press upon each 

 other till they are old, they for the most part get bad 

 tops, and never are good looking trees ; when ne- 

 cessity makes it necessary to take some away, those 

 left have always bad tops on the side where the other 

 tree whipped it, and ten to one if ever it will recover 

 branches to become a proper tree. I grant, that trees 

 in single rows, having two open sides to extend their 

 branches on, will do closer than those in plantations 

 that are pressed on all sides ; still all single rows 

 should be thinned out to proper distances before they 

 be twelve feet in height, and all the branches left on 

 them to make them as ornamental as possible. Trees 

 for this purpose should not stand closer than fifteen 

 feet, tree from tree, even in single rows. 



