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CHAPTER VI. 

 PLANTING OF WASTE LAND. 



SECTION I. 



PREPARATION OF THE GROUND FOR THE RE» 

 CEPTION OF THE PLANTS. 



The next subject that comes under consideration 

 is the planting of waste land ; but as this will em- 

 brace a variety of topics, each of which will require 

 to be explained at some length, the best way of 

 proceeding in order to prevent confusion, will be to 

 treat them seperately, ranging each under a head by 

 itself I begin with the preparation of the ground 

 for the reception of the plants. 



One of the most indispensable preliminaries to 

 planting any piece of waste land, is properly to en- 

 close it ; for if a young plantation be left exposed to 

 the inroads of sheep or cattle of any kind, it will be 

 in vain to expect it to prosper. Fences, in this 

 country, are generally constructed of stones or of 



