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hard and gravelly in places ; ground undulating, and 

 sloping slightly towards the land side. The surface 

 of the soil is covered with a variety of grasses, which 

 are of some value for grazing ; hence, if recommended 

 for planting, profit will be looked for. 



Recommendation for planting No. 3. First, the out- 

 side belt on the exposed side may be buckthorn 10 

 feet broad, and the plants at the margin planted 2 feet 

 apart to form a hedge ; the second belt to be goat- 

 willow, mixed with mountain-ash ; third zone aspen, 

 poplar, and sycamore ; and fourth zone, sycamore and 

 oak, and where the soil is good, instead of sycamore ash 

 and elm may be substituted ; the whole ground made 

 up to 5 feet apart. If cover for game is also required, 

 common sea-buckthorn may be intermixed throughout, 

 varying at distances apart of from 5 to 1 feet. 



The above plantation constitutes what may be 

 properly termed a maritime or sea-side plantation ; 

 and the trees and plants of which it is composed are 

 such as to allow a variety of objects to be carried 

 out. 



The reader will probably feel surprised at no men- 

 tion being made of coniferse, and no place being as- 

 signed to any of them. The reason of this is, that the 

 foliage of evergreens suffers so greatly in winter as to 

 cause them invariably to become bare and unsightly, 

 besides presenting at all times a withered and burnt 

 appearance, which is not experienced by hardwoods to 

 any serious extent ; and besides, when hardwoods do 

 sustain a blight, which frequently happens, a little 

 judicious pruning soon corrects all that is wrong. If, 

 however, it is found desirable to plant for sake of 

 winter shelter, we would recommend as the best which 

 we have tried the following in order: (1) the best 



