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The Scotch fir has outgrown every other 95. 



fpecies ; and the plants, though few, are be- PLANTING. 

 come a burden to the grove. The wood being 

 of quick growth, the plants have not only out- 

 topped the reft, but have, in general, had time 

 enough to furnifh themfclves with boughs on 

 every fide ; fo as to cripple the beautiful oaks 

 and beeches which ftand near th? m. If there- 

 fore Scotch firs be planted in a grove, by 

 way of variegation, they ought to be kept trim- 

 med below ; which would check their growth, 

 and in fome meafure prevent their doing 

 mifchief : but, even with this reftriction, they 

 ought to be admitted into fociety with a fpar- 

 ing hand. 



The larches, too, where they (land free from 

 the Scotch firs, are of a confiderable fize ; but 

 they are not equally mifchievous withthofe; 

 their boughs being lefs extenfive, and more 

 rotted off below: they are, neverthelefs, injuri- 

 ous to their deciduous neighbours. Where 

 they ftand thick, among the firs, they are 

 drawn up. ftrikingly tall and flend,er, or are fo. 

 much over-hung as to be crippled, or entirely 

 (mothered. Marked great numbers that were 

 dead or dying. 



The oaks are many of them beautiful plants ; 



but are either entirely crippled by the firs and 



M 3 larches, 



