IOR.EST PLANTATIONS 



FOREST PLANTATIONS. 



THE whole works for preparing for Foreft 

 Plantations, recommended in May, may ftill be 

 carried on. 



Continue the care of new fown pits of feeds, as 

 directed laft month j which fee. 



PRUNING. 



By the end of the month, commence the prun* 

 ing of plantations of two years {landing. All com- 

 peting branches are to be mortened or removed, 

 as circumflances may direct. Be careful to cut 

 all branches clofe by the bole. 



In narrow ftripes, or frnall plantations, the fide- 

 branches of trees acquire a greater degree of 

 flrength than in more extenfive plantations ; and 

 on the fkirts and outfides of all plantations much 

 more than in the interior : Hence a greater propor- 

 tion of attention to the pruning of thefe is required. 

 It will generally be neceflary to fhorten in fuch as 

 appear to take too ftrong a form : In fhortening 



fuch, 



