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thriving of the shoots on every stool, and when press- 

 ed on the sides by another tree, not more than 

 two, in this way rear them up to be timber trees. 

 Observe, that what of the oaks require to come 

 out, must be barked in their season. If it should 

 be thought advisable afterwards to convert this 

 into a coppice, after these trees have been brought 

 to be of some considerable value, the whole, except 

 a proper number of reserve trees, should be cut 

 down and the ground wholly filled with oak. I 

 must here be permitted to observe, before proceed- 

 ing farther, that it is my opinion, from the conspicu- 

 ous situation this bank occupies on the estate, from 

 east to west, no part of it should ever be coppiced^ 

 as the whole of it will carry timber trees for orna- 

 ment to maturity, — the sublimely grand and vener- 

 able old trees about the house and in this bank, I 

 would term perfections of nature's beauty. Continue 

 always to rear oak for underwood amongst the large 

 trees, to cut every twenty years, both as profit and 

 shelter for game. 



No. LVl. 



Approach to the House, 



The trees on both sides of this avenue are, for the 

 greater part, very healthy and thriving, some beauti- 

 ful spruce, and a few fine larch in the hollow should 

 be cherished with care, also all along the top of the 

 bank ; on both sides the Scotch and spruce firs should 

 be kept up, the greater part of the hard wood cut 



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