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stroys the work of ages, wlien lofty ave- 

 nues are cut down for no other reason 

 but because they were planted in straight 

 rows, according to the fashion of former 

 times. "^ ' 



" F-very sacrifice of large trees must be made with 

 caution; at the same time there may be situations in 

 wliich trees are not to be respected for their size 3 on 

 the contrary, it is that which makes them objection- 

 able. Wc lind that all trees grow more luxuriantly in 

 valleys than on the hills j and thus it is possible that very 

 uneven ground may be reduced to a level surface, if we 

 judge of it by the tops of the trees. The hills at Long- 

 Jcat have been boldly planted, and at the same period 

 many fast-growing trees were planted in tlie valleys ; 

 these latter are become in many places too tall for their 

 situation. There are some limes and planes and lofty 

 elms near the water, in situations where maples and 

 crabs, thorns and alders, or even oaks and chesnuts, 

 would be far more appropriate. 



There is no error more common than to suppose, 

 that the planter may not live to see his hiture woods, 

 unless they consist of firs and larches, and Lombardy 

 poplars, and other fastgrowing trees j but every day's 

 experience evinces that man outlives the beauty of his 

 trees, where plantations do not consist of oak. On the 

 contrary, tall mutilated planes, or woods of naked-stemmed 

 firs, remind him that groups of oak and groves of chesntit 

 might have been planted with greater advantage. 



