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youth and beauty, which young plantations, composed of kinds 

 varied, but not mixed, or even young trees simply considered, 

 never fail to communicate. 



CHAPTER VI. 



OF THE MANAGEMENT OF PLANTATIONS; 

 SECT. I. OF CULTIVATING THE SOIL. 



To pulverize the soil, or at least to keep it free from extra- 

 neous vegetables, is of material consequence in promoting the 

 growth of those intended to be cultivated. When this is not 

 attended to in plantations, the young trees are often more liable 

 to be choked by grasses or plants, than if the soil had not been 

 prepared. The cause is evident; for if the soil, by prepara- 

 tion, be better adapted to the growth of trees which are fo- 

 reign to it, it must be much better adapted to the growth of 

 the plants that it produces naturally in abundance. To check 

 these, then, so that the roots of the trees may range at liberty, 

 and enjoy the full strength of the soil, must be an object of 

 considerable importance to the planter. The kind of culture 



