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the average, they were three inches in diameter at the small end, or the 

 top of post. These were pointed at the root end, and driven into their 

 sites by a wooden mallet, leaving about two inches of the post above the 

 top wire when finished ; and the top of the posts were sawn in a sloping 

 direction, to throw the water off, which is a great preventive against 

 rotting, and should always be done. The wires were fixed to the posts 

 by means of staples in the usual way. 



Draining. The draining done in this plantation was performed in a 

 similar manner to that described in regard to No. 1. 



The Kinds of Trees used. On the middle and lower portions of this 

 plantation where there was a growth of oak ash, elm, and alder shoots 

 sprang up at the date of planting. Larch was used in filling up between 

 them, with a mixture of spruce and black Italian poplar on the drained 

 places. The spruce and black Italian poplar were put in at about fifteen 

 feet apart, and the larch filled in between them and the shoots to nearly 

 five feet apart over all. 



On the higher portions Scots pine were planted at nine feet apart, and 

 filled up with larch to four and a half feet apart over all. A proportion 

 of pinaster were put in along with the Scots pine. 



The ages of the different kinds of trees were as follows : 



Larch, one-year seedling two years transplanted. 



Scots pine, one year bedded one year transplanted. 



Pinaster, four inches high. 



Black Italian poplar, three feet high. 



Spruce, eighteen inches high. 



The Mode of Planting adopted. The larch, spruce, and black Italian 

 poplar were planted in pits made twelve inches deep and twelve inches 

 on the side of the square. The Scots pine, pinaster, and larch, on the 

 higher grounds, were inserted in the soil by the usual notching system. 



The Expense of the Formation of No. 2. 



Clearing and burning rubbish previous to planting, . . . ,14 9 9 

 Fencing 



Carry forward, 81 10 2 



