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bare. The explanation is the hedge-row, which 

 besides beautifying, brings money, and without 

 marring the plough, gives more to the field by 

 shelter than it takes away by shade. In the letting 

 of grass parks, the earlier verdure tempts to the 

 highest price for that field which is surrounded by 

 the thickest row of trees. Remember the thirty 

 shillings, the hundred pounds, the higher rent, the 

 charm of wooded scenery, and wonder how there 

 should be any where a field without trees where 

 trees would grow; and wherever corn ripens they 

 will grow. The chief hinderance is the difficulty a 

 man has of moving himself. That difficulty is in- 

 creased by the coldness of a bare territory; and the 

 cold that once subsists secures its own continuance 

 it begets an unwillingness to stir, even when it 

 is known that the movement would bring warmth. 

 Cold in this respect differs from hunger; the former 

 is sedative, the latter is stimulant; hence men are 

 more active in the procuring of food than of clothing; 

 hence the plough goes further than planting, and 

 hence England, having less cold, has more trees. 



But not only is the pollard convenient for the 

 forming of hedge-rows, it admits of an application 

 as easy and economical to all by corners, steep 

 banks, and open pastures, not submitted to the 

 plough, or too much exposed to the blast; and the 

 success of the method may be seen in the county 

 of Selkirk, on the beautiful and well wooded estate 

 of a gentleman distinguished equally for the science 

 and the revenue of planting, where thousands of 



