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the ticcs!, nothing need to be said on that subject ; as the 

 plantations being close, that is, composed of grove and under- 

 wood, necessarily implies an enclosure completely secured 

 against sheep or cattle. 



As it is equally important, though not nearly so difficult, 

 to preserve close or enclosed plantations from suffering by 

 drought, as open dispositions of wood, shows must be laid 

 upon the roots in the former, by the middle of May at the 

 latest, and before the summer droughts set in. For this 

 work, the same method is to be followed, as that prescribed 

 for single trees; only, should your stock of shows be not 

 abundant, the allowance may be decreased, by a third part 

 for the trees, and by the one half for the underwood. In 

 respect to watering, it is to be done in a similar manner, 

 every fourth day, as pointed out for detached trees, but not 

 so copiously, as in the case of the latter, for the reasons 

 already assigned, and because those trees are much more 

 exposed to the action of the atmosphere. 



During the first season, the cultivation of the ground is of 

 small moment ; but without displacing the shows, it may be 

 hoed in the intervals. In the second year, the entire surface 

 is to be hghtly pointed over with the spade, and carefully 

 kept with the hoe, until the plants shoot freely. From the 

 superiority of this factitious climate, and other propitious 

 circumstances, the plants very readily become established in 

 the ground ; and in point of growth, they will soon outstrip 

 all your other plantations. In this situation, we find no 

 backwardness of growth, no stationary symptoms in these 

 plants, but all advance with nearly equal vigour. 



From what has been said, the reader will perceive the 

 great importance of a judicious system of management, for a 

 few years subsequent to the removal of trees, and, above all 

 things, the perfect preservation of their health and strength, 

 during the critical period of the first season. The great 

 design of afterwork, independently of that of securing the 



