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S. Copse wood alone is seldom desirable in point of character, 

 though, in many places, it is the most profitable kind of plan- 

 tation. Its formation is simple : when of a proper size it is cut 

 down : after which, the stools spring up ; and this operation is 

 repeated periodically. Copsewoods, however, are in general 

 wretchedly managed, particularly in England. 



4, 5. Groups, Avenues, and rows of trees, whether in 

 hedges which divide fields, or in the ancient style of garden- 

 ing, require no definition or description. 



Wherever a plantation is to be made, it is of great consequence 

 to fix upon the proper kind. In determining this, the kinds of 

 woods, and species of trees in the surrounding country — the mar- 

 ket — the present or probable expense of carriage by la nd or water 

 — and a variety of other circumstances, are to be considered ; and 

 that kind fixed upon which shall in the end turn out the most 

 profitable. The plantation being made, the particular kind 

 should be held strictly in view in their after-management. A 

 collection of oaks intended for a grove, if not gradually thinned 

 out as they grow up, will never succeed ; but if the same collec- 

 tion were intended for a wood, thinning them out, in place of 

 cutting over, would lessen the crop of undergrowth. No mode 

 of management will make a collection of firs a wood ; nor can a 

 collection of hazels, or lowgrowths, erroneously planted to rear 



