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utmost space that can be allowed for trees. The 

 expense here dwindles down to a sum that is with- 

 in the means of any one, who can afford to have a 

 country house and pleasure grounds of his own, and 

 will scarce be grudged by any person who is anxi- 

 ous to enjoy the ornament and shelter of his own 

 plantations, provided he can be convinced, that, by 

 proceeding according to the following directions, 

 his trees will make as much progress in ten or 

 twelve years as they will do in thirty, according to 

 the mode of cukivation commonly adopted. 



KINDS OF TREES WHICH IT IS NECESSARY TO 

 INTRODUCE. 



In order to obtain large trees in the least possi- 

 ble time, it will be necessary to introduce liberally 

 those kinds which are naturally of the quickest 

 growth. It is not meant that they should be ex- 

 clusively used, or that, on their account, any varieties 

 that may be more valuable, more ornamental, when 

 they have attained their full size, or which may bet- 

 ter suit the taste of the planter, should be neglected. 

 They can be introduced so as to serve the double 

 purpose of affording ornament and shelter, till such 

 time PS the slower species have reached a due 



