J4* ORNAMENTAL PLANTATIONS. [Jan. 



crop of grain, or of roots, would certainly cover 

 every expenfe. 



In cafes where the land is trenched or dug, it 

 mould be left rough, in order to increafe the fur- 

 face as much as poflible ; and in cafes where it is 

 ploughed, it mould lye in the furrow for fome 

 time before being harrowed down ; all in order 

 that it may be better meliorated by the action of 

 the weather. After planting, we would propofe 

 farther meliorating it by green crops, and by the 

 ufe of the fpade and the hoe for feveral fucceflive 

 years : Of which melioration, by thefe means, fee 

 April on this head. 



ON PREPARING THE GROUND FOR USEFUL 

 STRIPES, SfC. 



In preparing the ground for ufeful flrlpes for 

 the divifion of the farm, or the divifion of ex- 

 tended tracts of bleak country intended to be 

 cultivated, the methods followed mud, according 

 to circumftances, either fall under the above head, 

 or under thofe to be recommended for Foreft 

 Plantations in May ; of which much remains to 

 be laid. 



OF PREPARING THE GROUND FOR DETACHED, 

 AND FOR HEDGE-ROW TREES. 



Plants for this purpofe are generally put in of 

 a much larger fize than thofe for the grove or 



the 



