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that without losing them, in the smallest degree, for 

 ornament, shelter, and clothing, as the ground, by this 

 plan, is not only always full of young trees coming up, 

 but also of 200 old trees on each acre, &c. also full of 

 the underwood of Scotch and spruce fir ; which, to 

 every unprejudiced person the least degree acquaint- 

 ed with rearing wood, they will at once say, that I 

 have rather under as over-rated the income ; but 

 when I say so, I speak from experience, and can 

 place the matter beyond the possibility of a doubt. 



The great utility of plantations on this bare estate, 

 must be apparent to the most sceptical imagination, 

 whether viewed as profit, shelter, clothing, or orna- 

 ment; and when once effected, will make a perfect 

 paradise of what was before a dreary waste, and by 

 their benignant influence over the cold soil, will make 

 many fields better worth L.3 or L.4 per acre, of 

 yearly rent, than they are at present worth 10s. 



Millhill Avenue, Estate of Whitehall, Berwickshire. 



In attempting to replant this avenue, it appears 

 that it has been a total failure, from what particular 

 cause, it cannot, in looking at it in its present state, 

 be precisely determined on. I should suppose it 

 may be partly owing to the injudicious manner in 

 which it had been planted, and partly owing to cattle 

 being too early admitted into it j but be this as it 

 may, the place, as a plantation, has been entirely ne- 

 glected, and is in a most miserable state. From the 

 situation of this place on the estate, it is of the ut- 

 most importance to have a crop of trees on it, and 

 ought to be attended to immediately with skill and 



