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dibble, as mentioned above, are juft now fully as 

 healthy, as tall, and as vigorous as thofe which 

 were planted after pitting, in the fame foil and 

 climate, at the fame time ; although the pitted 

 plants were feveral years nurfed, while the others 

 were only feedlings. Pitting, therefore, will not 

 materially afFet the fize of the plants, or give 

 them, after the lapfe of twenty years, an afcend- 

 ancy of fize over thofe planted at the fame time 

 in equal foil by the dibble, provided the fmall 

 dibbled plants can rife at all for the herbage. 



We admit, that young plants planted in the foreft 

 by the diamond-pointed dibble, or by the T method, 

 are more liable to die the firft year after planting, 

 than thofe that are planted after pitting. Hence, 

 we would recommend the pitting, (even in the 

 mod extenfive forefb), for the hard- wood kinds. 

 The obfervations which we have made above, re- 

 fpe&ing general pitting, will regulate the manner 

 of pitting under the prefent head. 



The diftance of the pits from each other muft 

 be determined by the nature of the foil. But, as 

 formerly obferved, if the principals are planted at 

 the diftance of nine feet, they will, at fuch a dif- 

 tance, after the removal of the nurfes, have fuffi- 

 cient room to grow to timber of confiderable 

 magnitude ; or, at leaft, to fuch a fize as would 

 be ufeful for many purpofes. 



I/j however, the land to be planted were very 



favourable 



