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as in fome cafes which have lately come under 

 our direction, the land be pitted for the principal 

 trees only, and the larches, being fmall neat plants, 

 be slitted or dibbled in. In this way there is a 

 great faving in the price of plants, and in the 

 quantity of labour. In cafes where the land can 

 be prepared by the plough, and where the foil is 

 a thin turf, or a dry fand or gravel without turf 

 or rocks, there can be no objection to this mode* 

 * By ufmg the Larch thus plentifully as a nurfe, 

 much is evidently to be gained : Perhaps fome 

 might not think of planting it in any other cha- 

 racter. But the Larch is known to be fo very 

 ufeful and valuable, that it deferves alfo to be 

 planted in an extenfive manner as a Forest Tree., 

 If the intention be to raife it to large timber, or 

 to its full fize, it mould be planted in mafles by 

 itfelf, not in mixture with any other tree. 



In the fame manner ought all the refmous kinds, 

 which are intended for timber trees, to be plant* 

 ed ; nor mould thefe be intermixed with any o- 

 ther fort, but grown in diftinct maiTes by them- 

 felves. The mailing of Larch, and Fir of all forts, 

 is the leaft laborious, and fureft means of pro- 

 ducing good, ftraight, and clean timber. It is by 

 planting, or rather by fowing them in mafies, by 

 placing them thick, by a timeous pruning and 

 gradual thinning, that we can, with certainty, at-* 

 tain to this object. Larches, and Firs in general, 

 L 2 which 



