60 PLANTIKG. 



suited for planting in such situations, or near the 

 influence of the sea-breezes. 



Mr Joseph Bradley, The Hall, York, in the ' Trans- 

 actions of the Highland and Agricultural Society, 1872,' 

 gives the following statement : — 



"The piece of land that forms the basis of this 

 report was prepared and planted in the autumn of 

 1869, and in the winter of 1870. It is situated on 

 a high ridge between two valleys which run north 

 and south in the parish of AUerston, in the North 

 Eiding of the county of York, and is about ten miles 

 from the sea- coast. Its altitude, according to the 

 Ordnance Survey, is 610 feet. It contains an area 

 of about 70 acres, and is thoroughly exposed to every 

 quarter, with the exception of a small part of it at the 

 north-east corner, where it is protected by the end of 

 a narrow plantation of about fifty years' growth, com- 

 posed of larch, Scots and spruce firs. The surface 

 soil of the 70 acres is black and peaty, about 3 

 inches in depth, and was covered with stunted heather. 

 Below this is a hard gravelly soil, varying from 2 

 inches to 1 foot in depth, and resting on the pan. 

 Below the pan is found a yellow sandy subsoil, 

 resting on the oolite limestone of which these hills 

 are formed. 



" Planting the prepared Soil. — To plant the quantity 

 of land, which was about 70 acres, twelve men and 

 seven boys are employed. 



" The nujuber of trees planted on 70 acres of land 

 was 157,200 of larch, 25,350 of Scots firs, and 

 2000 of Corsican pines — total, 184,550. For a space 

 of 50 yards to the north-east and west sides of the 

 ground, the trees were planted 3 feet 6 inches apart, 

 and the remainder 4 feet apart. On the north side 



