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upon by Mr. Bower Joddrell, in the choice of 

 aspect for the various trees to be planted. 

 Large extents were planted with larch-fir, 

 which, being placed in sheltered and suitable 

 situations, have produced great returns in the 

 lifetime of the late owner of the estate, John 

 William Joddrell, Esq., of Yeardsley, recently 

 deceased. But on the westerly aspects, along 

 the entire range of the back of this large 

 extent of plantation, thousands of Scotch firs 

 which were planted on this aspect have fallen 

 victims to westerly winds and to time, afford- 

 ing, while they remained, an unsightly spec- 

 tacle of crowded and stunted dwarfs, of hob- 

 goblin forms, until vegetation became extinct 

 in them. Had this extent of land on this 

 aspect been planted with sycamore instead, 

 what different results might have enriched the 

 present proprietor by a fall of that kind of 

 timber of so many years' growth ! 



The upper part of Ladbach Moor was set 

 on fire during my tenancy of it, accidentally 



