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by clothing its face with clusters of standing orna- 

 mental timber trees, which, if properly and tastefully 

 laid out, would not only add immense beauty and 

 value to the farm, but to the whole surrounding 

 country for many miles. 



The plan to be pursued with the present crop on 

 the ground is, that the trees about and above the 

 bridge at the mill, should be singled out to standing 

 timber trees, up the river side, on both sides, to 

 where the coppice ascends the hill, carefully select- 

 ing the best of the trees at sixteen feet lengthways, 

 to stand, and as the strip is but narrow on this side 

 the river, they may stand at from eight to twelve 

 feet the deep way, always taking special care to 

 have the trees standing in the gap in a triangular 

 manner, so as not to whip each other in the top ; 

 where there are stools of oak or ash, two, or not ex- 

 ceeding three shoots, may be left, in the mean time, 

 particularly, where they hang over the water ; pass- 

 ing up the water side towards Garbertmore ; there is 

 for a long way nothing but larch firs, and which, for 

 the most part, are very thriving at present, but so 

 remarkably thick on the ground, that it is altogether 

 impossible they can stand much longer in their pre- 

 sent state, the ground is so loose about the roots that 

 a person could push them out by the root with the 

 hand ; when plantations are allowed to remain long 

 in this state, mortification often takes place amongst 

 the roots, which spoils the whole plantation ; there 

 has been some hardwood plants put in here, but these 

 are completely extirpated. In this low lying shel- 

 tered place where we are now treading, I have no 

 doubt but larch firs would come to maturity as tim- 

 ber trees, for which purpose a few may be reared, 



