Jury 31, 1858.) THE 
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thinn Aog 
LE. 
eig ol il, |, according z to the number of 
« Seer te The wi I use is maiden loam and | 
itely sta tated, ‘at t must ee gai aided b 
TE 
anted fo ter or ornament, thinning requires es to 
g 
eA und the distance 
attention at the first Sinning, an ape Y to regul 
ndication 
pla helt 
oa Aa cted fap T hars 
umps a 
tations, Belts a ery often tl oF a 
practicab’ i 
allowed to grow up adense mass, under the en 
that this i is the only way to p procure shelter ; or 
s 
| if thinned, generally attacked by mossin 
w branches at the top, totally unfit to bear ching, 
In order that strips or clumps should prove orna- 
tre 
> grea 
rte bw ard weakest, ven tie "m other to to 
T re as ts „requi: 
gaa Curi ot trees emret Tutriad o over the 
ground, not only is uniformity of appearance secured, 
should ci commence 
So soon as the branches of one tree encroach in 
the least on the branches of another, tl this operation: 
+ } 
early. 
e top o 
move it eden and. aioe the highest lateral 
em. vow to form the next leader to be tied to the 
ib’ teral buds as 
I procur 
wooden stakes. After being in- 
We do not approve of severe thinning at one roar ei b 
use it exposes the trees too suddenly to to a low 
temperature, and retards, instead of improving their 
wth. Thinning eree oo hem Bas P aa Acme 
ave sufficien modate 
AeA agg interven ing. Aiert ech thinning, It 
treated thus, the trees will accommodate the mselves 
their patios, and Bet the results req 
Por, where oo branches are allowed to extend them- 
the roots will corres) 
ve ae “may intervene b 
ings; and at each successive thinning all laeat 
wn useless trees should be taken out; 
ected 
of a elt stp an 
useful 1 fos abbr. 
Th H “ist mince at which the trees should stand from 
each other, when finally thinned, cannot be definitely 
po 
purposes, no compari 
two ere bo of f trostment. 
the indispensable requisi 
et one or ornament. 
t very often happens that plantations do not come 
tos | nid the care of the mher; forester till they are so 
o | far gone had be unfit to be dealt with in the way 
indica’ 
In TAGA, ted plantations, the trees often stand so 
close a =y a i not able to sustain them, and the 
een the 
“plenty o of light ond air are 
producing trees for 
the head of the plant, to allow all the laterals forming 
head to be suspended from them with small pieces 
the pe 
of bast. Ifthey are not tied up carefully e will as | ta 
to. The kind of trees, their growth, and the 1 
in which ene rh acreage must determine the dis- 
gen hey should stand clear of oe 
wined, and the soil so loose, that 
their hol tis or insecure. Plantations in this 
state lose m half their value for want of timely 
te eyond the 
e than 
and judicious pte ser ry and may often be 
reach of recovery. If, ser haci. it is considered possible 
reclaim wm ions to a certain extent, the 
th 
a suc 
p d d break, as other, or nea rei si cots Fir will afford to stan 
of straggling habit. Treated in the al oe aan closer than a her pedal of ‘Coniferse ; wh the 
te will flower freely till oh time aoe there | Scots Fir stands close wth o branches i 
is plenty to be had oui the s m: H impeded, and the quality of the timber is superior to 
be thrown away. I “prefer very | those trees w. b have full freed 4 extend 
season. ttl di i themsel a for they p soar a 4 knotty ti ore 
omet iA the neat congue ee, of the heads of the requires m: s full ‘dave elopment | y 
End that Lae 
more 
than ‘the eon Fir ; it is is meni fhi liable to injury 
any o of the Fir tribe, and the trees should 
in the habit ti individual i plants of Mignonett 
Ce dards. me of the heads will as 
herteer form wi th fine bro; ad Mie wh 
s will be of ite ch Seed should be 
saved from the plants having the best habit for next 
ead and d Silve milar to 
ei, ipe ar shelter or ornament is pore 
sah Callan. o nd most t overran trees with fewest 
emn dar It may not be s 
let it be done gruna ome a them once every 
wa: id pet aga N man with bran- 
e 
which case the ey should stand E “8 clear of each 
allow 
other, so soa space being | s to insure the 
ey 
season’s growth. I have little doubt 
Mignonette be supers 
will erseded so far as 
stindards is concerned by the 
grandiflora. It 
With fine broad 
ear (a 
ches), till the ove ae general 
but very T thinning should tien be gi and two 
or three y aes a se before "it s again 
meddled with; one ssive thinning shonld be 
rs mee he as to relieve icat ts are likely to be 
of m value Ttm , howeve , be dangerous to 
relieve a a est i 
e insufficient to thstand strong winds; in suc 
uld bi 
We will now make a few remarks on 
| Kids 164 na mixed plantations. 
wah’ ia 
thinning 
+ 
to relieve 
tn it is better furnished with roots and branches; b 
on 
_ In theo y, the thinning of thi 
tions cet iN of the same tai as t 
less time in forming a 
ring 
of ry 
ae is cress of Cetin, notwith 
the 
soil oconpied with fore injurious 
tions, but the operations more diversified, in con 
sequence of the aman variety = kinds o 
are inclined to defer 
antations, 
hing o 
owever Of often requi isite, before thinning at differe 
times, to go over | all the hardw ood as the 
himiing Vir planta- | 
rees. 
for a year or two the 
hardwood 
necessity of i 
in all here the trees can pel ay themselves the 
bett 
sooner they m are soe the 
But where it is clearly Bice prevalence 
dise; t cessive Over-" 
drawing o zat “the a ins t the plantation is irrecove- 
pop tae wood shou cleared off without 
th rx 
delay, 
product: 
ape oe e ie ined, and 
thrive 
ba for hes first ter ten or aelro e Ai pate if thin hinning 
is neglected or often 
ly p 
arly pruni! ing being an indispensable tetee for the 
growth c A the os ~~ the value of the timber. 
as the egin to overhang, or in any 
way vii hao, i ae to aie tt 
gradually of , it bein h safer = n: 
n or 
E 
paratively 
the case, the plauestion: will 
No exact to be 
prove e 
d down 
— = g; much of the work 
y circumstances, for 
DS the thinning of one plantation, 
a plantation, may be altogether 
ied to others, Hence the necessi 
ean be lai 
adhered to in “shinnin 
i ated 
nary cases two or three years may phi between the 
thinnings, till early all the nurses are removed. It 
may, however, frequently be necess =a fie m agin 
the more advanced thinnings, unhealthy 
f | hard rees, and leave those intended f for nurses to | 
occupy their - places. At such thinnings it = also be 
course of | 
Pi 
E aia reinoved,¢ the aces suita y prepared, and 
EAr. am Transactions 
way of illus 
tion was a criterion of t 
lst. The trial lasted only six minutes soo 
Trstood 
he ma gement of woods. 
We shat is in tae anagem ce make a few remarks 
telative to thinning Fir Viau 
Où ground planted with forest trees there 
springs matter detrimental to their growth. | o; 
to thin out the nurses from among themse 
(e 
es, that | somi 
errs may be no impediment “to the free sider ewe r 
f air. is 
of deciding on 
hort a 
taken 
4) 
he first aoe should ane an succeeding ones, 
tn iti is ne me whi thin out the hardwood ery erii and 
be tried; See whole journals and "wiii 
fitted wi considera! ble care 
p 
and harpen 
nie or E Every 
a machine 
b 
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D J 
pee 
or Broom, 
he only bad effect of | 
wher ons is allowed to | it 
ood. Nor is this t 
presence of nese! rubbish ; 3 but 
a will re 
is of the = $ importance ce to secure 
of 
also to be borne in poo oa von 
for growth h 
he growth of 
pre o strong, and so produce coarse knott; 
h 
be guarded against, lest the side Aola gr 
zn thi 
šta fll 
wei niam over annuall 
close the und 
are so far ranet l as 
for an sr a eA one. 
come a ee meer the, age sae 30 o years, 
seated, a es 
of 
„The Emte of = ae should elapse between the 
Y Essay a medal 
Arboricultural Society, Novenber, {ser ce by the Brechin 
m4 Bénis as in earlier ices of growt 
oan iy 
to make a few nam on the 
g generally i 
It me be necess: 
thinning of belts and clumps; these bei 
are to o constitute ‘the _ crop; | 
had a finer and fres 
place than it had at another, 
one Mashine which operated on the 
advantage over the others. It is 
san ans matter to get 
