342 MEANS OF SPEEDY WOODING 



size ; and to perform the part of nurses to the lat- 

 ter, whose growth will by this means be much ac- 

 celerated. The kinds most proper for contributing to 

 these ends in ornamental planting, are the different 

 kinds of Poplars, the yellow-barked and white-leaved 

 Willows, the Birch, the Mountain Ash, and the 

 Laburnum. Most of these kinds have the advantage 

 of answering on several varieties of soil, and except- 

 ing the Black Poplar, they may all be successfully 

 planted, whether the nature of the ground be moist 

 or dry. The Lombardy and whiteJeaved Poplars, 

 the golden or yellow willow, and the white leaved 

 species, though they be reckoned marsh plants, will 

 thrive, if they have sufficient depth of mould, in 

 any situation that is not absolutely parched. In 

 spots that are considerably elevated, and where the 

 soil is thin, the birch and the mountain ash, toge- 

 ther with the laburnum, will furnish the most certain 

 and the readiest cover ; and in grounds that contain 

 more than the average degree of moisture, the black 

 poplar and the willows should be most liberally em- 

 ployed, though not to the entire exclusion of the 

 others. 



The white-leaved willows, the black and Lom- 

 bardy poplars, will, with the treatment after men- 

 tioned, attain the height of from 2!5 to 30 feet in 



