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APPENDIX. 



with minuteness that which they had not seen in practice, having little 

 doubt, that they may prevail on Sir Henry himself to aflPord these 

 details, in the form of an appendix to this report. 



Upon the whole, it is humbly their opinion, that Sir Henry, by 

 philosophical attention to the nature of the change to which he was 

 about to subject the trees which he has transplanted, has attained, at no 

 extravagant expense, the power so long desired of anticipating the slow 

 progress of vegetation, and accomplishing, within two or three seasons, 

 those desirable changes on the face of nature, which he who plants in 

 early youth can, in ordinary cases, only hope to witness in advanced 

 Hfe. 



Signed, by order of the Committee, 



Alex. Young. 



HINTS RELATIVE TO PLANTING, 



FOR THE HONOURABLE SIR A. J. C. 

 TO PLANT AN ACRE OF GOOD LAND. 



Let the ground be covered with plants of Oak and Ash, two years 

 transplanted at least ; — three-fourths of the former, and one-fourth of 

 the latter, according to the nature of the ground, and at the distance of 

 nine feet from plant to plant. Then fill up the intervals with Scotch 

 Firs and Larches, one year transplanted, and equal numbers of each. 

 So that, when the whole plantation is finished, the plants shall stand 

 about four and a half feet asunder. Thus, there wnll be rather better 

 than three thousand on a Scotch acre. 



If the plantation be near the mansion house, or in any other situa- 

 tion where ornament is required, a few Sycamores or Planes and Elms, 

 English and Scotch, may be interspersed. In such situations also, the 

 Lime, Beech, Sweet Chestnut, and Horse Chestnut will make a pleasing 

 variety ; and all these extra trees are free growers on good land. The 

 Beech, however, will thrive tolerably when the land is very indifferent. 



TO PLANT AN ACRE OF POOR LAND. 



Let the better parts of the ground (especially where it tends to clay,) 

 be covered with Oak and Ash, two years transplanted as above, and 

 equal numbers of each, at the distance of seven feet from plant to 

 plant. Then fill up the intervals with Scotch Firs and Larches, one 



