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i)JFFERENt METHODS OF PLANTING 

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EXPERIENCE fhews, that thorns 

 and bufhes are the natural nurfes 

 for iall foreft trees, particularly for oak 5 

 and as thefe neVer grow high, Vv^e learn 

 hence too, that oaks do not like any 

 neighbour to ovcir-top them, longer than 

 is necefTary t6 prote(3:, and keep them 

 warm in their infancy, till they get good 

 root, and are able to expofe their heads 

 to the open air. 



Obfervation will next difcover, that 

 trees, when they arrive at any confider- 

 able lize, do beft in plantations of their 

 own kind only; oak, for inftance, dif- 

 likcs the ajh, and feldom thrives well 

 in its company. This teaches us, to 

 make fome inferior wood fubfervient to 



that, 



