,. Profits of Planting. 40<) 



At the time the alteration was made, I had the care of the 

 house under my father, who inspected the trellis at Balcarras, 

 previous to its adoption. I have leave from him to say, he 

 entirely disapproves of the plan, after four years' experience, 

 Some ornamental plants, such as camellias, oranges, &c, 

 were found to thrive better after the alteration than before : 

 no great thing in its favour. Vines were planted and trained 

 to a trellis on the back wall, but did not succeed, owing to 

 their too great distance from the roof. 



I remain, dear Sir, &c. 

 Experimental Garden, Warriston, James Barnet. 



December 14. 1827. 



Art. VI. On planting Timber Trees, mth an Estimate of 

 the Produce and Profits of an Acre of Black Italian Poplar, 

 Pqpidus acladesca (a, priv. Hadeske, a little twig ; branches 

 nearly destitute of twigs), Lind. By C. F. W., of Fazeley, 

 Staffordshire. 



Sir, 



I am induced to send you the following remarks, from 

 having lately seen a paragraph in one of the newspapers, 

 stating that the amount of duty paid on fir, oak, and other 

 timber, for the year ending January 5. 1826, was upwards of 

 a million, and annually increasing ! 



Considering how much the planting of timber in this 

 country might be extended, it is matter of astonishment that 

 we are so much dependent on America and Northern Europe 

 for a supply of that valuable and necessary article. I do not 

 think we can expect to grow any quantity of timber for ex- 

 portation, but our extensive wastes and forest lands, under 

 proper management, might certainly be made to produce 

 enough for our own consumption, without the least injury to 

 agriculture. There are, I may venture to affirm, thousands 

 of acres of waste land in England, which, in their present 

 state, are of little or no value to their possessors, but which, 

 if planted with suitable kinds of forest trees, would bring in 

 several pounds per acre annually. Many kinds of trees, as 

 the Scotch pine, larch, alder, willow, and several others, will 

 flourish on soils fit for no purposes of husbandry whatever. 

 The following statement will show the advantage to be derived 

 from planting an acre of poor soil with Black Italian Poplars, 

 Pop ul us acladesca, Lind. : — 



