FOREST-TREES. 



fome of thefe particulars, to make v/liat is here meant more rea- 

 dily underftood, without a tedious reference to the particular 

 trees. 



I CANNOT help obferving, we furely betray a general want of 

 tafte in the difpofition of our woods, as in few of them ^.ny re- 

 gard to elegance or beauty is paid, and which, if we did, would 

 add nothing to the expence. Why then may not ail our planta- 

 tions be diverfihed in walks as various as thofe in our moil 

 finiihed and adorned wildernelTcs ? This, though not fb fpright- 

 ly and chearful a fcene, would be a no lefs magnificent one tnan 

 the other, and as agreeable to many rural talhes : At the fame 

 time, I fliould be afhamed to appear infenfible of the pleafure re- 

 fulting from a well-planted wildernefs kept in fine order, and 

 deck'd with its charming variety of hues. Thus too the free 

 circulation of air in thefe walks and alleys would be communi- 

 cated through the quarters of trees, make them more healthful 

 and vigorous, and prevent many mortal difeafes incident to large 

 crowded plantations by a fupprefTion of the damp vapours, n hich 

 creates a mouldinefs hurtful to the plants, and contaminates the 

 air itfelf : Befides, thofe walks, well plowed, fallowed, and laid 

 fmooth, would, from the great litter of leaves 'fallen, and bloAvn 

 upon them, foon become good grafs, as has been obfcrved under 

 die article Poplar. 



The befl feafon for planting the light grounds, is as foon as 

 pofTible after the beginning of Odober ; for the moill and heavy, 

 February and March. At thefe periods, your ground being 

 prepared in one or other of the ways mentioned, and ftaked out 

 in the figure you chufe, proceed to planting as follows : 



