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tion should be laid off against the prevailing wind 

 of the district, and at the same time, the greatest 

 extent should be kept along the highest part of 

 the ground to be planted. 



Third. — The best possible form of boundary line 

 which can be thrown out against the wind, upon 

 tlie most exposed side of a plantation, is the convex. 

 Such a form of boundary line weakens the strength 

 of the wind when it hits upon it : the strength of 

 the storm is, as it were, divided, when it hits upon 

 the projecting bend of a well defined convex. 



Fourth. — Upon the most sheltered sides of a 

 plantation, the boundary hue may be made to bend 

 one way or another, as good taste may direct ; but 

 in all cases, making a concave bend only Avhere 

 there is a good breadth of planting immediately 

 behind it. 



Fifth. — The highest parts in a neighbourhood 

 ought to be chosen for the site of a plantation. By 

 choosing such a situation, the greatest possible 

 shelter is likely to be attained for the neighbouring 

 fields ; and, at the same time, a plantation situated 

 upon a height always forms a prominent and a 

 pleasing object to the proprietor. A bare height 

 always carries along with it the idea of barrenness, 

 but when planted with trees, it forms one of the 

 most pleasing objects in the landscape of a gentle- 

 man's estate. 



Sixth. — In the laying out of a new plantation, 



