302 T11R PLEASURE, OR [March. 



Venetian sumach, Dierville roses, and all kinds of hardy deciduous 

 Bhrubsj and also the tulip-tree, lime-tree, poplars of every kind, 

 catalpa, chestnuts of every sort, sour and sweet gum, elm, maple, 

 walnut, hickory, plane-tree, hornbeam, beech, nettle-trees, ash, 

 honey-locust, oak, poplar, &c. &c. 



In planting trees for timber allow them the proper distances for 

 the purposes intended; if for close plantations, or by way of coppices 

 or underwood for gradual thinning and tailing for poles and other 

 small purposes every seven, eight, or ten years; you may plant 

 them in close rows only four, five, or six feet distant; and when 

 they have attained growths proper for the first thinning, select the 

 handsomest plants at regular distances to stand for timber, and 

 thin the rest; but when designed to have the whole to stand for a 

 full plantation of large standards before they are thinned, plant 

 them at from ten to fifteen or twenty feet distant. 



Directions for planting all sorts of Trees and Shrubs. 



All flowering and evergreen shrubs, ornamental trees, &c. de- 

 signed for the shrubbery and other plantations, should be planted at 

 such distances that they may not crowd each other as they grow 

 up; for they always show themselves best when they stand separate 

 at moderate distances. Shrubs of all kinds designed for detached 

 clumps particularly, should be planted not less than three to four 

 or five feet asunder, that the different kinds, according to their 

 growths, may generally remain distinct; but where a thickety growth 

 is required in particular compartments, a closer plantation may be 

 formed of different common shrubs. 



Let all the tree kinds be allowed proper room, proportionate 

 to their respective growths, and according as they are designed 

 for open or close plantations, or clumps, groves, avenues or 

 thickets, &c. 



In planting shrubs and trees of every kind, let all convenient 

 expedition be made in doing it, so that they may be planted as soon 

 as possible after they are taken up, or brought from the nursery or 

 elsewhere; that their roots may not be dried by the sun and 

 wind; but when brought from any distance, and they cannot be 

 immediately planted, untie the bundles, lay the roots in a trench, 

 and cover them with earth to lie till the places allotted are ready 

 to receive them. 



In preparing for planting, dig a round aperture for each shrub 

 or tree from half a yard to two or more feet wide, according to the 

 sixe of the roots, and a spade deep, capacious enough to receive 

 them freely, and loosen the bottom well. Then having the shrubs, 

 &c. ready, prune, oft' broken or bruised roots, and any irregular 

 productions of the heads, and place them in the holes upright, 

 break the earth well, and throw it in equally about the roots, which 

 cover a proper depth, shaking each plant gently as the earth is filled 

 in to cause it to settle close between all the roots and fibres; tread 

 it moderately to fix the plant firmly in an upright position, making 

 the top of the earth a little hollow round each to hold water when 



