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out, or cut it all down, and clear it away, and take the 

 chances of the young growth immediately springing 

 up to supply its place, we should assuredly take the 

 latter. In such case, however, we should not apply 

 fire to the clearing; the brush should be simply thrown 

 together, and if the timber and wood were not avail- 

 able to be drawn away, they should be left on the 

 ground, to decay and keep it moist. The young wood 

 will immediately spring up anew, and grow with a 

 rapidity which would re-clothe it in a surprisingly 

 brief space of time ; and this, thinned by degrees, 

 could be trained and fashioned into the finest models 

 of forest grace and beauty. 



There are positions, however, where limited tracts 

 of wood exist, aiid of second growth on light, dry soils, 

 where it may be safe to enter, and by a gradual thin- 

 ning and clearing out, letting in by degrees the sun 

 and air, the remaining trees may be preserved without 

 injury to their growth. Such woods should be thus 

 treated ; but under the circumstances before described, 

 the felling and clearing off of the entire forest is the 

 better course; and where they are required, young 

 trees had better be set out anew, than to trust the con- 

 tingences of preserving the original trees, which will 

 be almost sure to end in disappointment. — Ed. 



Artificial Style. — In our remarks on parks and 

 pleasure-grounds, we have hitherto kept in view almost 

 exclusively the natural style in these departments of gar- 

 dening. We would not, however, altogether overlook 

 that artificial style once so much in vogue, but which, 

 though now antiquated, is worthy of preservation 

 where fine specimens of it exist, and which might even 

 be reproduced, at least in part, in certain cases. It is 



