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PEKMAlsENT PLANTATIONS. 



and an equal distance between eacli tree. Thus, in plant- 

 ing a square of one hundred feet, for example, the trees 

 to be twenty-five feet apart, we commence on one side, 

 laying a line the whole length. On this line we measm^e 

 off the distances for the trees, and place a stake indicat- 

 ing the point for the tree. Thus, in fig. 93, we have 

 five rows of five trees each, making twenty-five in all, 

 and all twenty-five feet apart. This is the simplest, and 

 probably the best for very small orchards. The better 

 plan for large orchards is what is called quincunx (fig. 

 94:), in which the trees of one row are opposite the s^^aces 



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in the next. In this way, although the trees are at equal 

 distances, there is a larger clear area around each tree. 

 In fig. 9-1, the square form, every tree stands in the corner 

 of a square in the centre of, and equally distant fron 

 foxir others. In the quincunx, every tree stands in the 

 angle of a triangle of equal sides, and in the centre of, 

 and equally distant from six others. Thus, in the latter, 



