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bast. Plane tree or Sycamore is adapted 
for cold and bleak situations; and seldom 
has what is termed a weather side, though 
planted and grow ing in the most exposed 
situations ; it is also an ornamental tree, but 
indicates autumn too soon to be planted 
near the d w elling-house. W alnut is a very 
pleasant and useful tree, but requires good 
soil and situation, in order to thrive well. 
On boggy grounds, Athenian woolly- 
leaved Abele Asp Poplars, and Alder; 
though w ith little trouble any of the first 
class of forest trees may be encouraged 
to thrive on swampy places, by taking off 
the sod or top about three feet deep, and 
four feet square, where you wish to plant 
a tree. Then about a cart load of stones, 
such as are gathered from clover fields, 
should be put in the bottom of the pit ; and 
over the stones, one cart load of good 
mould, from a head land or compost heap, 
which has been laid up for that purj)ose. 
Let the tree be planted therein, and the 
sod or top which was taken off at first wall 
be useful in forming a bank round the tree, 
to keep the soil from falling or washhig 
from its roots. Some flat stones laid upon 
the top of the earth, round the stem, will 
help to steady the plant; until it establish 
new roots. 
