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a good loamy soil in a sheltered situation ; but 

 upon a bad soil, and an exposed situation, I would 

 advise not to plant at all, unless it be done in large 

 masses. 



Almost every gentleman's estate lies in a manner 

 peculiar to itself ; the wind that might prove hurt- 

 ful to one estate, might not do so to another march- 

 ing with it : therefore it is, that the particular winds 

 which prove most hurtful to an estate, should always 

 be taken into consideration in the laying out of a 

 plantation upon it. 



I have already said above, that the welfare of a 

 young plantation depends in a great measure upon 

 the manner in which it is laid out. I also said, that 

 a plantation laid out according to scientific rules, 

 combined with good taste, will succeed much better 

 than one laid out in a careless unscientific manner. 

 The following are the rules by which I generally 

 guide myself in the laying out of a new planta- 

 tion : — 



First.- — In laying out its boundary line, avoid 

 all straight hnes upon the exposed sides, and, if 

 possible, make no straight lines at all upon any 

 side. They are disagreeable to the eye of taste, 

 and are without meaning when applied to natural 

 objects : in nature there are no straight hnes, and 

 that for a wise end, for they are without strength 

 to resist outward pressure. 



Second. — The greatest extent of a new planta- 



