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PERMANEiSrT PLANTAIIONS. 



and an equal distance between each tree. Thus, in plant- 

 ing a square of one hundred feet, for example, the trees 

 to be twentv-five feet apart, we commence on one side, 

 laying a line the whole length. On this line we measure 

 off the distances for the trees, and place a stake indicat- 

 ing the point for the tree. Thus, in fig. 93, we have 

 five rows of five tr^s each, making twenty-five in all, 

 and all twenty-five feet apart. This is the simplest, and 

 probably the best for very small orchards. The better 

 plan for large orchards is what is called quincunx (fig. 

 94), in which the ti-ees of one row are opposite the sj)aces 



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Fig. 93, square planting. Fig. 94, quincunx planting. 



in the next. In this way, although the trees are at equal 

 distances, there is a larger clear area around each tree. 

 In fig. 94, the square form, every tree stands in the corner 

 of a square in the centre of, and equally distant fronr 

 four others. In the quincunx, every tree stands in the 

 angle of a triangle of equal sides, and in the centre of, 

 and equally distant from ux others. Thus, in the latter. 



