PART VIII. PICTURESQUE PLANTING. 5J5 



ing enclosures, while their tops shoot out vigorously on every 

 side, thus producing excellent ship-timber. — See Kent's Hints, 

 Marshall's Planting, &c. 



The beech is peculiarly adapted for thin soils and exposed 

 situations. When planted about ten or twelve feet asunder, it 

 produces excellent shelter, and at the same time a very consi- 

 derable quantity of timber. The ash and sycamore will grow 

 erect in the most exposed upland situations, or near the sea. 

 When planted in good soil, they should generally be trained to 

 single stems; in which state, their timber produce is most valu- 

 able. The timber of the ash, as I have already observed, is be- 

 coming very scarce, in consequence of the tree being too much 

 neglected by planters*. In the cyder counties of England, 

 fruit trees are frequently introduced in the hedgerows ; this prac- 

 tice might be advantageously adopted in many other counties, 

 and in several parts of Scotland. The resinous tribe, and the 

 evergreen sorts of trees, are generally improper for planting in 

 hedgerows. In many places, where hedgerow timber often 

 exists, the situation is improper, and the management wretch- 

 edly bad. Hence it has become an injury to the farmer, with- 

 out yielding any advantage to the proprietor. Two more gla- 

 ring instances of this cannot be given than in the tall, naked 



* See some Observations by the author on Hedges and Hedgerow Timber, in the 

 Gentleman's Magazine for January 1804. 



