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before the timber of it be useless. All the blanks 

 should be filled up amongst these trees ; this should 

 be done with oak, Spanish chesnut, Scotch fir, elm, 

 plane, spruce, and silver firs j these, when put in, 

 must be enclosed singly, to protect them from the 

 cattle. It would be advisable to put these in plenti- 

 fully, so as a choice of proper trees may be obtained 

 to rear for ornament, as also to supply the place of 

 those dying out or blown down, and to keep a pro- 

 per crop of fine trees always on the ground. 



No. XXV. 



Pasture Land, 



There is a young clump of planting near the head 

 of this field which would be very ornamental, and 

 has been at first well chosen and laid out as such, 

 but it has been allowed of late to fall sadly into de- 

 cay ; the fences are all broke down and sheep ad- 

 mitted ; nothing could be more destructive ; the 

 fences should be immediately made good, and the 

 blanks filled up with spruce firs, oak, and Spanish 

 chesnut. The strip of trees running along the head 

 of this park, should always be kept up; wherever 

 there are gaps, plants should be put in, and when- 

 ever any of the trees show symptoms of decay or 

 dying, plants should always be put in to supply 

 their places, and reared up as large as possible 

 before the others be taken away. There are a 

 number of very fine old detached trees through 

 this park, as also several clusters, all of which 

 should be preserved and kept up with the greatest 



