

APPENDlXo 



N* r, 



ON THE FORMATION AND MANAGEMENT OF 

 OSIER PLANTATIONS. 



for the purposes of forming aquatic hedges 

 and preparing for plants of the tree kinds of Willow^ w 

 have not treated of the culture of Willows in the fore- 

 going work. Indeed, this matter does not directly fall 

 under the kind of subjects proposed to be treated of iri 

 the Kalendar ; although it is not a less important and 

 useful branch of rural concern. 



It is well known that, in a variety of instancies through- 

 out Scotland, from the varied surface of the country* 

 a great many parcels of ground, of less or greater di- 

 mensions, are better adapted for the growth of Willow* 

 than for any other crop. Many of these spots contain 

 a soil of a soft texture, and of n quality apt to imbibe 

 and retain too much moisture, after being improved for 

 producing crops of grain, but which moisture would be 

 readily swallowed up by osier plants, greatly to their 

 benefit. Probably there are few crops which can drink 

 xip a greater quantity of superfluous moisture, and be 

 in luxuriant health, than that under consideration. 



M na Although 







