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serve *, and although they abound chiefly in beech,- 

 still beech is far from being an unornamental tree, 

 and may be, with advantage, reared as such, although 

 they are by far too numerous here. In many parts 

 and sides of these stripes, there has at one time been 

 a great many limes, which is a most particularly 

 beautiful and suitable tree for this place as orna- 

 ment ; the most of these limes has been unfortunate- 

 ly cut down, but for what purpose I am altogether at 

 a loss to discover ; the cutting of these Umes was a 

 most untoward event for the look of these stripes, as 

 these hmes, being mixed up with the beech, it made 

 a most beautiful border. 



A great many of the roots of these limes, notwith- 

 standing the haggled way in which they have been 

 cut, are sending out fine new shoots, which may pro- 

 fitably, and with great propriety, be reared up into 

 trees, to fill once more the conspicuousness they once 

 did, and always should occupy in these stripes. The 

 whole of these stools, or young natural growths of 

 lime, should be immediately, without one moment's 

 loss of time, gone over, and thin away the rubbish, 

 leaving two or three shoots on every stool where 

 there is room to rear them up as trees ; and where- 

 ever there is a beech (as there is by far too many of 

 this kind), likely to overtop or injure the hmes, it 

 should be cut down, giving always a preference where 

 it can be had, to be reared up as a standel outside 

 tree ; and on no pretence whatever should the hme 

 trees again be cut down. Observe carefully to leave 

 the healthy and promising shoots of the limes ; they 

 are sending up most beautiful growths, so that if a 

 skilful selection is made, many valuable and most 

 :beautiful ornamental timber trees will be got reared 

 up from them. For the proper method of can vert- 



