FOR NEW PLANTATIONS. 7 



manner as to give the greatest possible effect in 

 ornamenting the neighbouring country. It is also 

 necessary that the person who would lay out ground 

 for a new plantation, should be possessed of a know- 

 ledge of the nature of the growth of each sort of 

 tree when planted upon any given soil or situation ; 

 which knowledge will enable him to judge rightly 

 as to the effects that certain trees will have when 

 planted in any given spot ; and he will also be en- 

 abled from such knowledge to say truly, whether or 

 not trees will grow well in the situation chosen for 

 a new plantation. And it is further necessary that 

 the party, in the laying out of a new plantation, 

 should be acquainted with, or at least have in view, 

 any local pecuharities of the district, relative to 

 cold and destructive winds from certain points. 

 From such knowledge he will be able to lay out 

 the proposed plantation in such a manner, that it 

 shall have the greatest possible effect in giving 

 shelter to the surrounding fields, which is the 

 principal end a proprietor aims at in having woods 

 upon his estate. 



The larger that any piece of plantation is, the 

 sooner will the trees therein come to useful size, 

 and answer the desired end ; and the smaller it is, 

 the more likely are the hopes of the planter to be 

 disappointed. And the reason of this is obvious : — • 

 for the young trees growing in an extensive plan- 

 tation, as soon as they rise a little above the surface 



