It is no part of my business to remark upon the merits of the respective plans which have been tried by different persons, for enriching the scenery of a Park; but I have no difficulty in saying that, where it is well understood and properly carried out, the combination of Sir Henry’s plan, with the judicious arrangement of small Plantations; putting into a well prepared soil, good, stout, well-rooted, and vigorous plants, at a considerable distance, will best effect that object. And as I have referred to Sir Henry Steuart’s method of removing large trees, it will not be out of place here to observe, that the _abuse_ of that plan has very frequently brought it into disrepute, and given birth to the conclusion, that it was not adapted to the end proposed: and thus blame has fallen on the ingenious, skilful, and scientific Baronet, instead of its resting on the heads of those whose “mismanagement” had actually invited the failures which they were doomed to suffer. Those who have most carefully attended to Sir Henry’s instructions in removing large subjects, will have been most successful; and while they will be the first to admit that the plan is one of very considerable difficulty, and requiring the greatest possible amount of attention; they will be the most powerful and decided witnesses in its favour, for the purposes for which it is here recommended. But when Plantations on a large scale are desired, and when the planter considers his _posterity_ more than himself, there can be no doubt at all, that, on certain qualities of soil, _tolerably thick_ planting is best. And if it be desired to have a race of fine noble Oaks, they must be put in _very thick_, and the planter must not expect, during a life of average duration, _any profit at all_; for, in order to secure his object, he must, first, _prepare the ground well_: and next, he must either _sow acorns_, or he must put in _an immense number of plants_—and, in either case, he will incur a heavy outlay. He must, for the first seven years, _keep the ground clean_, and he must plant along with the Oak, a selection of those kinds of trees, _as nurses_, which are best adapted to the purpose, and not those which might probably, at the earliest period, find their way into the _local_ market, and make the best price when there; although these points should not be left out of consideration. But now, the question as to planting, or sowing, or, if the former be preferred, that of the distance of the plants, being settled, the next which presents itself is this: what kinds shall be planted as the Nurses for the Oak. Here again, a good deal will depend upon the object of the planter, the nature of the soil, and the exact arrangements which are made at the time of planting; for it might be quite proper to plant a species of Tree in one place, while, owing to a difference in the staple or the condition of the soil, it would be just the reverse in another.