ii6 ON THICK PLANTING 



particular : they will fhoot a yard trie 

 firft year, and be handfome ftraight trees J 

 whereas before they did not fhoet two 

 inches, and even that killed in winter, be- 

 caufe it never came to- maturity. 



THIS mutt never be attempted on trees 

 that are planted on poor land, becaufe all 

 trees on poor ground are feemingly hide^ 

 bound for fome years after they are plant- 

 ed, and never make any progrefs until- 

 they have been fome time at a ftand ; if 

 they were to be cut down they would 

 make moots, but they would be very 

 weak ; the wood would not be ripened,, 

 as it would be long before they fhoot in the 

 .fpring, and they would be in danger of be- 

 ing killed in winter. 



THE bottoms of all trees that are cut 

 down muft be carefully kept clean of all 

 Ihoots ; they muft be pulled off by the 

 hand ; this muft not be negle&ed for two 

 or three years, for if the young moot that 

 is encouraged grows well, which there is 



no- 



