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or wavers left will require nothing more till the 

 time of commencing the autumn pruning, when 

 they mud be treated as directed for foreft plants 

 of their height. 



If the propofed object be a Copfe, little more 

 will be required, till the time for cutting it down 

 arrive, which may happen about fifteen or twenty 

 years after the lafl felling took place. But its 

 fitnefs for being cut at this age, will depend on 

 the goodnefs of the foil, the climate, and the ma- 

 nagement of the whole. 



CONVERTING A COPSE INTO AN OAK WOOD. 



If, however, it were sdvifable, from local cir- 

 cumftances, to rear an Oak wood from the ftoolsj 

 which have been treated as above directed ; it 

 would be neceflary to remove one third part of 

 the whole stands by the twelfth year after cutting as 

 above, which would thin them out to between feven 

 and eight feet diflance, one with another. In 

 all cafes where it is required to deprive a flool of 

 its leader, it mud be managed with the fame care 

 and attention to its future growth, as has been al- 

 ready advifed. The ftools fo deprived of their 

 leaders muft be kept unincumbered by any brum- 

 wood, dead branches, or the like, in order that 

 its young moots may proceed onward without in- 

 terruption. 



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