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the thirty shillings, the hundred pounds, the higher 

 rent, the charm of wooded scenery, and wonder how 

 there should be any where a field without trees where 

 trees would grow; and wherever corn ripens they 

 will grow. The chief hinderance is the difficulty a 

 man has of moving himself. That difficulty is in- 

 creased by the coldness of a bare territory ; and the 

 cold that once subsists secures its own continuance 

 it begets an unwillingness to stir, even when it is 

 known that the movement would bring warmth. 

 Cold in this respect differs from hunger : the former 

 is sedative, the latter is stimulant; hence men are 

 more active in the procuring of food than of clothing ; 

 hence the plough goes further than planting; and 

 hence England, having less cold, has more trees. 



But not only is the pollard convenient for the 

 forming of hedge-rows, it admits of an application as 

 easy and economical to all by corners, steep banks, 

 and open pastures, not submitted to the plough, or 

 too much exposed to the blast; and the success of 

 the method may be seen in the county of Selkirk, on 

 the beautiful and well wooded estate of a gentleman, 

 distinguished equally for the science and the revenue 

 of planting, where thousands of trees, in groups or 

 sprinkled like- stars, promise a rich return; though 

 no further fencing has at any time been given than 

 that of having placed them, as pollards, in the heart 

 of a whin bush, wherever such had occurred in the 

 sheep walks, or in steeps and glens incapable of other 

 cultivation. 



If you plant a tree, it has been justly said, you 

 will water it, intimating the pleasure you will take 

 in its growth ; and to succeed, the main rule is to 

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