02 KEEPING YOUNG TREES 



the case, the planter ought to haA^e particular atten- 

 tion paid to such parts, and see that the young 

 growths of the whins as they rise up do not hurt 

 the young trees. And for the purpose of clearing 

 away the young shoots of the whins, a strong 

 sickle will be found to answer the purpose well ; 

 and in the doing of the work, they ought to be 

 shorn clean by the surface of the ground, where- 

 ever they are found among the young trees, 

 Avhether they may be injuring them in the mean 

 time or not : for though the Avhins may not hurt the 

 young trees in many places in a young plantation 

 for the first year of their growth, they will deci- 

 dedly do so the second year, when it will be much 

 more difficult to get the better of them. Therefore 

 it is always necessary to cut such rubbish during 

 the first year of their growth, when in a soft state ; 

 besides, if they are allowed to stand undisturbed 

 upon the ground for a whole year, they give shel- 

 ter to rabbits, hares, and other vermin, w^liich are 

 always a most dangerous stock in young planta- 

 tions. 



Where whins have been, even although they 

 may have been grubbed by the roots previous to 

 the ground being planted with trees, it is, I am 

 aware, a most difficult matter to take them out 

 so clean as to prevent any roots that may be left 

 in the ground sending up shoots of considerable 

 strength the first summer after ; consequently, it 



