56 PLANTING. 



Answer. Such a subject cannot be planted so as to 

 produce either shelter, ornament, or profit, unless with 

 sea-buckthorn, which I have never seen fail. 



No. 2. Site of plantation upon a plain, elevated a 

 few feet above high-water mark ; soil sandy above, 

 but stiff and mossy underneath ; exposure open to the 

 sea northwards ; no natural shelter afforded. 



Answer. Erect a wooden paling 3 to 4 feet high, 

 and between two sets of rails place brushwood to form 

 a screen 4 to 5 feet high. Along, inside the screen- 

 fence, plant buckthorn, strong well-rooted plants, and 

 cut off their tops to half their original height. Next 

 to the screen the plants may be planted 3 feet apart, 

 and gradually increase in distance to 5 feet. The 

 belt of buckthorn may be 20 feet wide or so. The 

 next belt farther landward may be elder, planted 

 5 feet apart, and of a breadth about equal to the 

 buckthorn. 



The next zone may be aspen or wild poplar, mixed 

 with snowberry, the former planted 10 feet apart and 

 the latter between them, of the same number, making 

 the whole up to 5 feet apart. 



The next zone may be a mixture of sycamore and 

 mountain-ash, if the soil is suitable for growing wood 

 of useful size ; but if, on the contrary, it is very sandy 

 and poor, instead of sycamore, the goat-willow may 

 be planted amongst the mountain-ash. It may be as 

 well to plant the buckthorn in a belt all around the 

 plantation, but less broad at the least exposed parts. 



This plantation, be it observed, is recomjnended 

 only for the sake of shelter and ornament, and may 

 reasonably be expected to fulfil both purposes. 



No. 3. Exposure to south-east and north-west, but 

 sheltered from due north ; soil generally light loam, but 



