Modes of Planting Trees. 



47. 



Planted 



CHAPTER VI. 



PLANTING. (Continued. ) 



\l The Interval beticecn Trees in Planting. 



/1 78. Upon a rocky and broken surface, no attention need be 

 given to the regularity of spaces, the most convenient spots being 

 taken wherever found, and often different species, as places best 

 suited for their growth occur. But in a level, or moderately un- 

 even country, there are great advantages to be gained from planting 

 at fixed intervals. We will notice 

 some of the methods that may be 

 followed : 



Planting in Rows. 



179. In this, the intervals may be 

 wider apart in one direction than 

 in the other. The rows may be 



from 4 to 8 feet or more apart at 26 ' Modeof 



first, and the trees in the rows from 



3 to 6 feet. The advantages of this are, that the spaces between 



can be cultivated more easily for the first years, and by taking out 



alternate rows, as the trees become 



crowded, we can pass in between 



the trees in removing the products. 



Planting in Squares. 



180. In this, the spaces are at 

 equal distances in both directions ; 

 and in this, as in the preceding, 

 regularity may be secured by mark- 

 ing the ground after it is prepared, 



and by planting at all the intersections of the right-angled lines, 

 omitting none. 



Quincunx Order. 



181. Here the trees are set at the corners of squares and in the 

 central point within. The trees range in rows horizontally, ver- 

 tically, and diagonally, and if the trees in the former are 10 meas- 



Mode of Marking for Trees Planted 

 in Squares. 



