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THE BOOK OF THE LANDED ESTATE. 



PLANTER'S TABLE, showing the Number of PLANTS required per IMPERIAL, 

 SCOTCH, and IRISH ACRE, from one to thirty feet distance. 



In proceeding with planting operations, the great object should be 

 to have it done well, and in such a manner as will insure a successful 

 result. Many planters hurry the work over, paying little regard to the 

 way in which the plants are inserted, and then of course they are able 

 to state that their planting cost a small sum per acre ; but the result is 

 not generally successful. The object should be to have the work well 

 executed, and the result will be a greater certainty. This can only be 

 done by a sharp supervision over the workmen, and the examination of 

 the plants put in. The forester should be in close attendance on the 

 men during the planting season. 



In some parts of the west of Scotland, where the surface is very rocky 

 and thin of soil, and where it is impossible to rear trees by planting them, 

 a system of rearing plantations by sowing seeds of the trees has been 

 adopted, and successfully carried out. In doing this, small plots of 

 earth are prepared in the hollows of rocks for the reception of the seed. 

 Generally speaking, there is a sufficient quantity of earth existing in 

 the hollows for this purpose ; but when this is not the case, earth is 

 carted and laid in these places, and two or more seeds put in. 



The oak, birch, and Scots pine are the best adapted for such situations, 

 but more especially the birch. The acorns of the oak may be put in the 

 most sheltered sites, and covered with about two inches of soil. The 



