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that I had wished to procure two-and-twenty fine trees, 

 for so prominent a station, bj the ordinary system of 

 planting. The first thing I should have had to do, 

 according to the most speedy method, would have been to 

 enclose, trench, and manure the ground for a green crop, 

 and then to plant it with nursery plants of four years' 

 growth. The next thing would have been to keep it 

 with the hoe for two years, until the plants shot freely, 

 which they were likely to do within that period ; and 

 after about thirty years in this climate, the whole would 

 have been of the size wanted. Had no means been taken 

 to cultivate and prepare the ground, forty years, at the 

 least, would have been requisite.'" 



According to the former supposition as to time, and 

 that the trenching and manuring for a green crop were 

 properly executed, the crop would, in common cases, pay 

 the cost of both of these operations ; and the ground 

 being rather more than a quarter of an acre, and ready 

 for planting without preparatory expenditure, the outlay 

 would be the following : — 



Enclosing one-fourth of an acre of ground with 

 double railing, and stakes 4? feet high, for sheep 

 and lambs, 92 yards, at 6d. per yard, . . .£260 



Planting the ground with various trees, including 



the expense of the plants, . . . . 110 0 



Keeping with the hoe for two years, . . . 0 16 8 



Renewing the railing 4 times, . . . . 9 4 0 

 Rent of one-fourth of an acre of ground for 30 years, 



at 15s. yearly, 22 10 0 



Accumulated interest on the above sums for 30 years, 



say only 115 10 0 



Total expense of the ordinary method, £l5l 16 8 



* Note II. 



