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they overgrow in a little time ; this has 

 been the common practice in planting 

 them. 



THERE is no tree they can be mixed 

 with to fucceed but the Mountain Pine ; 

 they are the mofr. agreeable companions, 

 for they are inhabitants of cold high moun- 

 tains, and in fuch (ituations will grow very 

 equally. 



THE Larch will thrive in any foil or 

 fituation ; it will thrive very well in a 

 ftrong clay, and I have feen them growing 

 very freely where one third of their roots 

 were in the water. This was in an ifland, 

 the furface of which was not a foot above 

 the level of the water, and of confequence 

 moft of the roots were in wet ground ; fo 

 that they may be laid to grow in any place 

 where there is mould for them to ftrike 

 root. If they are planted in clay they 

 fhould be planted in the fame manner as 

 trees on poor gravel. They mould never 

 be removed when they are large, for they 



thrive 



