'April] PLANTING SANDY MOORS, &C. 35$ 



Aggregate expenfe brought forward L.3i 18 4 



But if the trees be thinned out to nine 

 feet apart, as above, then will an 

 Englifh acre contain 537, which, 

 valued as above, will be equal to 134 5 c 



Leaving a clear profit, at the above 



period, of no lefs a fum than L. 102 6 8 



Calculations of the increafing value of fuch 

 plantations might be carried on to many fubfe- 

 quent years 5 but we have faid enough fully to 

 eftablifh the advantages of planting, under the cir- 

 cumflances alluded to. We have taken no ac- 

 count of the thinnings ; thefe mufl doubtlefs have 

 been worth a confiderable fum from the i5th to 

 the 3oth year of the age of the plantation, and 

 will fully cover the expenfe of pruning and thin- 

 ning, together with like contingencies. 



Even if ground of far greater annual value were 

 planted, and with plants more expenfive than the 

 above, the profits could eafily be fhown to be art 

 object of much importance. 



We have known feveral inftances of ground, of 

 a quality to bear Oaks, Afli, Elm and Beech, and 

 which had been planted with thefe as principals, 

 and with Larches as nurfes, where, at 30 years 

 of age, the principals were eftimated at 155. each, 

 one with another. But, fuppofing the worth on- 

 ly i os. each, that is, the hardwood kinds above 

 Z 3 enumerated 



