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the hoop willow at not more than three feet, and al- 

 low them to stand till their roots run together to firm 

 the bank, when other trees may be put in ; where it 

 is always wet, poplars should be put in and reared up 

 as timber trees. I have known poplars planted in 

 situations and soils like this, or of a similar nature, 

 measuring twenty-five solid feet each tree, and sell 

 at L.3 per tree, in twenty years growth. Rear them 

 at twelve feet, tree from tree ; one Scotch acre will 

 carry about 400 such trees, making a sum of L. 1200 

 for one acre in twenty years. 



No. LVIII. 



Young Strip. 



This strip is unfortunately too narrow to serve, as 

 it should do, the purpose of ornament and shelter ; it 

 is also by far too thick, and if allowed to stand much 

 longer, will be the means of killing many of the trees, 

 as it keeps them so damp that mortification is apt to 

 take place amongst the roots, and kill the whole ; it 

 should be immediately thinned out, to at least eight 

 feet, tree from tree; when a choice can be made, spare 

 every other kind of trees, and take away the larch firs. 

 As most of the hardwood is beech, which is not fit 

 for underwood, where there is a likelihood of their 

 coming to be timber trees, they may be reared up ; 

 but where there is no such tree, plant in oaks as well 

 for underwood as to be reared for timber trees. In 

 thinning for the first time, take particular care to 

 have always a tree opposite to each other across the 

 strip, to prevent its falling into gaps, say thin in a 



