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almost every description ; and as may be seen from 

 the trees on it, will rear them very rapidly, although 

 the larch firs, where they have stood good, have got 

 the ascendancy of the others, still from the exposed 

 situation of this bank, the larch will never come to 

 be a profitable, ornamental, or long lived tree here. 

 The top of this bank, in particular, commands a most 

 extensive view of the adjoining country. 



I am of opinion that a triangular row of spruce 

 and silver firs along the top of the bank, should be 

 planted and reared up to maturity, as standing tim- 

 ber trees ; for this purpose, plants of this kind should 

 be carefully put in, and reared up at fifteen feet, tree 

 from tree, which when up, will cover the look of the 

 place as if it were a forest ; wherever it is necessary 

 to fill up blanks, that should be done with spruce and 

 silver firs ; rear and thin, and cut the other trees as 

 they come up, gradually and to regular distance, as 



recommended in No. XXII. say 's Glen, the 



voung part of it, leaving a variety of the kinds al- 

 ready planted, only where there is a choice, take 

 away the larch firs. The belt of old trees on the top 

 of this bank, is both sheltering and very ornamental. 

 There has been a very considerable number of these 

 trees cut lately, which from their stocks, appear to 

 have been very healthy ; had there been some, and 

 that but a very few, taken from the back part of this 

 belt, it would not have been so bad, but the trees 

 taken are from the front of the bank, and the very 

 worst place they could possibly have been cut out of. 

 I would not have thought there could have been a 

 man found in the three kingdoms, in possession of 

 his right mind and his eyes open, that would have 

 done such a thing ; any person wishing to see the 



