144 ORNAMENTAL PLANTATIONS. [Jan. 



It may be proper to remark here, that, accord- 

 ing to the poverty of the foil, and the expofed 

 nature of the fituation, the plants mould be pro- 

 portionally fmall. It is feldom advifable to plant 

 trees more than ten feet in height, in any fitua- 

 tion. In fuch a foil and fituation as that alluded 

 to above, plants half that height would fucceed 

 better. The expenfe of preparing the foil for 

 them would be infinitely lefs than for plants of 

 eight or ten feet in height; whofe roots, of courfe, 

 would be large in proportion, and would require 

 a very great quantity of frelh rich earth, in which 

 to plant them properly. 



In cafes where the foil is of a medium quality 

 and depth, between the extremes noticed above, 

 it is obvious, that a medium is to be obferved in 

 the preparation of it. In fome inftances, the foil 

 may not be fufficiently deep 5 and yet, by collect- 

 ing a little from the furface around, it may foon 

 be made fo, without, perhaps, disfiguring the 

 ground. One thing ought to be obferved in eve- 

 ry inftance, namely, that whatever foil is brought 

 from a diftance, it mould be of a quality decided- 

 ly fuperior to that on the fpot ; otherwife the la- 

 bour of carrying it will, in a great meafure, be 

 thrown away. 



There can be no rule laid down with refpedt to 

 the diftance at which to plant detached trees, nor, 

 indeed, with refpeft to arrangement. 



With 



