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©ne, that bad the present trees upon the ground 

 been attended to in time, they would have been much 

 more valuable, ornamental, and praiseworthy. The 

 trees have been allowed to remain by far too long 

 and too close, and have lashed each other so much 

 that very few of them have good tops, the generality 

 of them are more like poles than trees. 



To improve it as a wood, laying aside for a moment 

 the idea of it as a place of public grandeur, admira- 

 tion, and amusement, leaving always the trees on the 

 sides of the walk untouched, select carefully the very 

 best and most healthy of the trees, at or as near as 

 can be thirty-six feet distant, tree from tree ; mark 

 all such as are to stand on the ground, dress them 

 carefully in the roots for the growth, cut away the 

 others, watch the young growths in every stage with 

 the greatest attention, and rear up all the fine healthy 

 shoots, thinning, pruning, and rearing them up early * 

 to be a fine ornamental tree. In a very few years, 

 many of the trees will be found dying, and gaps or 

 blanks will be the consequence ; but to take it in 

 time in this way, a very few years only, (as from its 

 well sheltered situation, the natural shoots will make 

 great progress) say not exceeding ten, beautiful, 

 healthy, and ornamental trees would be covering 

 up the ground with underwood, which in this place 

 would keep its foliage all winter and be infinitely 

 delightful. This is the only method to insure a 

 lasting crop of fine trees in this place, and to hand 

 them down to generations yet unborn ; or, secondly, 



* In rearing a young natural shoot of oak, &c. if taken in time, it can 

 be trained up to any shape, &c. See Forester's Guide. " Train up a 

 child in the way ha should, or is wanted to go, and when old he will not 

 (depart from it." This holds good in trees. 



