52 SITES FOB, PLANTING. 



I have planted a steep, at the onset of my 

 planting, as described by Mr. Pontey,* the 

 aspect of which is due south, and I join in 

 his recommendation of such sites, and the 

 face of it is concave and convex. (See page 

 94 of his work.) 



But I added a breadth of land on the en- 

 tire length of the northerly side of this steep, 

 on the flat or level immediately above, and 

 overhanging the crest of this steep, which 

 has fully answered my expectations, occupied 

 by a belt of ash, planted five rows deep, not 

 in formal lines, but " mocking each other," 

 and a proportion of larch and Scotch firs in- 

 terspersed among them, for winter ornament 

 and variety ; and I strongly recommend this 

 to be done, if practicable, in any planting or 

 replanting of steeps hereafter, and I have 

 given drawings of some plantations situate on 



* The steep here spoken of is the Hollinhurst and Pingot 

 Plantation, of which a drawing is inserted and the contents 

 of its acreage stated, 



