74 PLANTING. 



the circumstances of the case, cost more than the gen- 

 erality of such fences for wood enclosures. This arose 

 altogether from its being necessary to erect a fence of 

 such a height as would prevent the inroads of deer. 

 The extent of the enclosure, according to a plan 

 and measurement made at the time, is about 980 

 acres. This includes about 50 acres of hill-top and 

 rocky ground, which is unsuitable for planting, to- 

 gether with about 30 acres of natural grown birch. 



" Kinds and Ages of Plants used. — During the first 

 season's planting, the following were used: Scots 

 pine, two-year seedlings, one year transplanted ; larch, 

 one-year seedlings, one year transplanted. It was 

 found, however, that the Scots pine of this age did not 

 succeed well. The deaths were very numerous indeed. 

 This was 'owing to their being large plants — too large 

 to suit a bare hillside. On a large proportion of the 

 ground on which these were planted the heath was 

 short, and their tops stood above it ; consequently the 

 wind, in sweeping along the face of the hill, got too 

 much hold of them before they had established their 

 roots in the ground, and the consequence was that, 

 from the action of the wind, a hole was formed round 

 the stem of a large number of plants, and the roots 

 becoming exposed to the weather, they died. 



"An interesting experiment to arboriculturists has 

 been tried on this plantation with 1000 Douglasii. 

 A few of these plants have been inserted in- different 

 exposures and elevations all over the grounds, — some 

 in nice sheltered hoUows and glens, where the soil is 

 deep and comparatively rich, and others on bare and 

 exposed situations, with very thin soil, at different 

 heights and on different aspects. The plants were of 

 the age, one -year seedlings, one year transplanted ; 



