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punctuality, in the following manner ; as it is a very 

 exposed situation, and at the same time a remarkable 

 dry soil, the trees are killed with the blast above 

 ground, and are starved for want of moisture and 

 nourishment below ground, so that they must of ne- 

 cessity die. To remedy these two evils, in the first 

 place, cattle, sheep, and horses must be kept out, the 

 whole blank ground planted up with larch, and Scotch 

 firs, alternately at three feet distant, plant from plant ; 

 allow these to grow till they are about two feet six 

 inches or three feet high, then cut out every second 

 tree, leaving them at a distance of six feet tree from 

 tree ; then plant in trees of oak, Spanish chesnut, 

 plane and beech alternately ; these will most likely 

 come away most rapidly being well sheltered ; but 

 should any of them die in the top, cut them over 

 close by the surface ; when the whole hardwood 

 trees as above, have got two or three years growth, 

 and are likely not to go back, the whole of the larch 

 firs may be cut out, as it is by no means a situation 

 for rearing larch firs to maturity, but a few of the 

 Scotch firs may be left to be reared up as standard 

 trees ; on the south side a triangular row of Scotch 

 firs at twelve feet distant may be reared. Here we 

 have a crop of the different kinds of hardwood trees 

 as aforesaid on the ground, at six feet tree from tree, 

 which is near triple the number to be reared up to 

 maturity ; but here it must be carefully observed, 

 that the whole ground must always be kept full of 

 underwood ; this will be the very life of the trees to 

 be reared up to maturity, as it is plain to a demon- 

 stration, that the want of it has been the death of the 

 old trees now on it, they having all died in the top 

 through starvation and want of sap, moisture, and 



