REVIEW. 
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The great advantage derived from this practice is the renewing of 
the plantation, and the producing of an extra supply of young plants. 
The half or more may be taken up in the course of two or three 
years, and planted elsewhere, as circumstances require, thus saving 
the trouble of propagating by cuttings, which are three years in ma¬ 
king strong plants for removing, and seedlings will take a longer 
time to establish themselves well. 
Some of the shrubberies at Stowe, we find it impossible to lay, as 
the ground is completely filled with old branches, from having been 
repeatedly done. These are quite cut down, and left to shoot out 
again, and soon make fine plantations; many plants may also be pro¬ 
cured from the long branches of the old ones, which have been bent 
down to the ground in the winter by snow, or other accidental causes, 
and have taken root. 
When the larger shrubberies are layered, it is tlie proper time for 
felling any timber that wants, or planting vacancies, and such like; 
pruning also should be duly attended to, which saves unnecessary 
work when done at this time. 
The Laurel requires a dry subsoil, but on cold and wet clay situa¬ 
tions it will not thrive, and it is a great folly to plant such with 
young plants. Strong ones, from five to six years old, are the best 
in such cases, but the most proper soil is a gravelly loam, on a dry 
subsoil of which the gardens of Stowe nearly consists, and is no 
doubt the cause of the success attending them. 
Stowe Gardens , Feb. 1834. 
REVIEW. 
ARTICLE XXL—USES OF THE THINNINGS OF LARCH 
PLANTATIONS. 
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