302 THE PLEASURE, OR [March. 
Venetian sumach, Dierville roses, and all kinds of hardy deciduous 
shrubsj and also the tulip-tree, lime-tree, poplars of every kind, 
catalpa, chestnuts of every sort, sour and sweet gum, elm, maple, 
walnut, hickory, plane-tree, hornbeam, beech, nettle-trees, ash, 
honey-locust, oak, poplar, &c. &c. 
In planting trees for timber allow them the proper distances for 
the purposes intended^ if for close plantations, or by way of coppices 
or underwood for gradual thinning and falling for poles and other 
small purposes every seven, eight, or ten years; you may plant 
them in close rows only four, five, or six feet distant; and when 
they have attained growths proper for the first thinning, select the 
handsomest plants at regular distances to stand for timber, and 
thin the rest; but when designed to have the whole to stand for a 
full plantation of large standards before they are thinned, plant 
them at from ten to fifteen or twenty feet distant. 
Directions for planting all sorts of Trees and Shrubs. 
All flowering and evergreen shrubs, ornamental trees, &c. de- 
signed for the shrubbery and other plantations, should be planted at 
such distances that they may not crowd each other as they grow 
up; for they always show themselves best when they stand separate 
at moderate distances. Shrubs of all kinds designed for detached 
clumps particularly, should be planted not less than three to four 
or five feet asunder, that the different kinds, according to their 
growths, may generally remain distinct; but where a thickety growth, 
is required in particular compartments, a closer plantation may be 
formed of different common shrubs. 
Let all the tree kinds be allowed proper room, proportionate 
to their respective growths, and according as they are designed 
for open or close plantations, or clumps, groves, avenues or 
thickets, &c. 
In planting shrubs and trees of every kind, let all convenient 
expedition be made in doing it, so that they may be planted as soon 
as possible after they are taken up, or brought from the nursery or 
elsewhere; that their roots may not be dried by the sun and 
wind; but when brought from any distance, and they cannot be 
immediately planted, untie the bundles, lay the roots in a trench, 
and cover them with earth to lie till the places allotted are ready 
to receive them. 
In preparing for planting, dig a round aperture for each shrub 
or tree from half a yard to two or more feet wide, according to the 
size of the roots, and a spade deep, capacious enough to receive 
them freely, and loosen the bottom well. Then having the shrubs, 
&c. ready, prune off broken or bruised roots, and any irregular 
productions of the heads, and place them in the holes upright, 
break the earth well, and throw it in equally about the roots, whicb 
cover a proper depth, shaking each plant gently as the earth is filled 
in to cause it to settle close between all the roots and fibres; tread 
it moderately to fix the plant firmly in an upright position, making 
the top of the earth a little hollow round each to hold water when 
