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risintr hills, which are the best shelter of any, 

 plantations of forest trees, made at proper dis- 

 tances, so as not to shade it, will be found the best 

 substitute. At the same time there ought to be a 

 free admittance for the sun and air. On that ac- 

 count, a place surrounded by woods is a very im- 

 proper situation for a garden, or orchard, as a foul 

 stagnant air is very unfavourable to vegetation j 

 and it is also observed, that blights are much more 

 frequent in such situations than in those that are 

 more open and exposed. 



I have recommended the practice of intermixing 

 fruit-trees in shrubberies and plantations of this 

 kind, to several gentlemen, who have adopted it 

 with success. While the fruit trees are in flower, 

 they are a great ornament to the shrubberies ; and 

 in Summer and Autumn the different colours of 

 the fruit have a beautiful appearance. Add to this 

 the advantage of a plentiful supply of fruit for the 

 table, and for making cider and perry ; and if some 

 cherries are interspersed among them, they will be 

 food for birds, and be the means of preventing 

 them from destroying your finer fruit in the orchard 

 or garden. 



About six years ago, my worthy friend Walter 

 Urquhart, esq. of Warley Park, near Waltham 

 Abbey, planted a clump of fruit and forest trees, 

 with flowering shrubs in front, next the house, to 

 screen his garden, which was so injudiciously situ- 

 ated as to present the walls to view from the house, 

 and from almost every part of his beautiful park. 



