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sideratioii, that to transplant at all yve must have subjects. 

 At a place of any extent, tolerable subjects are never 

 wanting ; although they must abound or be deficient 

 according to the diligence of culture, especially in respect 

 to thinning, with which the woods and plantations have 

 been treated. Yet it must not be imagined that, at places 

 of small extent, subjects are not likewise to be found. At 

 such, tlie current of the prevailing winds is always less 

 broken, and the climate less improved, than under the 

 shelter of broad and extensive masses of wood. Other 

 things, therefore, being equal, there will probably be more 

 and better subjects at small or middle-sized places than 

 at great — that is, in proportion to the size of the masses 

 from which they are taken. But it should be remembered, 

 that at both they may often be invisible to the eyes of 

 the owners. 



Woods are planted for two main purposes — utihty and 

 ornament, with both of which shelter is obviously com- 

 bined. In woods planted for utility, the greatest elonga- 

 tion of the stems of trees is required ; and close planting, 

 pruning, and other means are employed, to obtain what 

 is considered as the greatest possible " weight of wood." 

 In plantations raised for beauty or shelter, such as in 

 parks and pleasure-grounds, the planter's object is to 

 prevent an undue elongation of the stems, unless for 

 particular purposes, and to promote an expansion of the 

 tops of trees, so as to enable them to develop themselves 

 in their just and natural proportions. It is almost need- 

 less to observe, that it is from woods or plantations of 

 the last-mentioned description that the selection of sub- 

 jects is for the most part to be made. If made judiciously, 

 it will furnish, without doubt, the best practical illustration 

 of the principles held forth, and the theory attempted to 

 be established, in the two foregoing chapters. 



