298 Premiums for Planting. 



The value of the land per acre, covered with 

 timber trees, at the expiration of this term, 

 would be equal to four hundred pounds ; which 

 would leave a considerable balance in favor of 

 the plantations, even on a supposition that the 

 expense of planting and fencing are here un- 

 derrated. 



The Dublin Institution, in the year 1784, gave 

 a premium of from two to four shillings a thou- 

 sand, according to the size and age of the trees ; 

 also, for all planting which should be certified 

 as being properly and sufficiently protected by 

 fencing. The sum paid in eight years amounted 

 to one thousand four hundred and ninety-four 

 pounds, on somewhat less than twelve millions 

 of trees, which is less than a million and a half 

 per annum : a proof of the inconsiderable pro- 

 gress which planting at that time had made in 

 this country; for on a supposition that three 

 thousand five hundred trees had been planted 

 per acre, the whole extent of ground planted 

 would not have much exceeded the same num- 

 ber of acres. The premiums, however, had the 

 good effect of inspiring a taste for planting, and 

 of promoting the establishment of nurseries. 



The hedge rows on this extensive estate are 

 the particular care of its attentive owner, who 



