ORNAMENTAL PLANTATIONS. 



the fkirts, which, like the preceding, ihould be 

 of fhrubs. 



Having fixed upon the kinds fit for the princi- 

 pals, the next confideration is the Underwood. 

 The kinds mod fit for this purpofe are, the Hol- 

 ly, the Yew, the Common Laurel, and the Spruce 

 Fir, of the evergreens. Thofe of the deciduous 

 are, the Hazel, the Hawthorn, and the Common 

 Furze ; and for thofe of the higher order, fuper- 

 numerary Spanifh Chefnuts, Elms, and Mountain- 

 Afhes, may be planted, which may be headed 

 down as circumflances may require. The necef- 

 fary underwood will diminifh the number of the 

 nurfes to about half the number that otherwife 

 would have been required. The tailed growing 

 underwood fhould be placed fartheft inwards ; 

 thofe more dwarf, neareft to the Ihrubs on the 

 margin ; the tallefl growers of the fhrubs next to 

 the trees ; fo that a complete fcreen from top to 

 bottom may be formed, which may continue to 

 be of ufe in that way for any length of time. 



The fpace of this plantation, as well as that of 

 the foregoing, principally occupied with forest 

 trees, muft be fupplied with a proper proportion 

 of nurses, either of Larches or Firs, as circum- 

 flances may direct. The diflances of the princi- 

 pals, in both cafes, ought not to exceed nine feet. 

 Narrow ftripes of planting, round fmall eflates, 

 fhould all be, in fome degree, fcreen plantations. 



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