It is a good plan, so as at all times to keep the drives in a passable, dry condition, to cut a ditch along each side of the ride, parallel to it, and, say, 18 in. wide by 15 in. deep. The soil so removed will come in for filling up inequalities on the road surface. Steep roads should be avoided by following, in quickly sloping woodlands, the curve of the ground., For sowing down woodland drives, bridle-paths, etc., the following mixture of grass seeds is to be recommended:— lbs. Timothy grass, hard fescue, tall fescue, and meadow foxtail, 2 lbs. each 8 Smooth stalked meadow and rough cocksfoot, 4 lbs. each 8 Rough stalked meadow and sweet-scented vernal, 4 lbs. each 8 Wood meadow grass 8 ———— Total 32 In sowing down gravelly or sandy rides, I have found the Lyme or sand grass—_Elymus arenarius_—and the Sea Matweed—_Psamma arenaria_—to answer well, the seeds of each being sown in equal proportions. Before sowing down woodland rides the soil should be well consolidated, and all surface inequalities levelled. =Fencing.=—Local circumstances will often determine the mode of fencing new plantations. Where stones are abundant these may be utilized in the formation of walls, while in districts where slate abounds excellent fences of this kind may be erected at a cheap cost. Turf walls and ditches are sometimes formed as plantation boundaries, but unless carefully looked after they are rarely very successful. Stone and turf walls are now, however, almost entirely superseded by iron fencing, it being not only readily conveyed to any desired point, but quickly erected and moderately cheap. To recommend any particular system of wire fencing would, for various reasons, be out of place, for amongst the numerous kinds now offered almost any desired pattern can be obtained. In any case the fence need not exceed 3 ft. 6 in. in height, with seven-strand wires, two No. 6 and five No. 7; and, as this is placed in position at so much per mile by the makers, it is always well, so as to avoid bad erection and keep down expense, to have it so put up. Where an abundance of larch timber is growing on the estate, it would, perhaps, be unwise to employ iron, but in the majority of cases it will be found cheapest in the end to have the fences erected wholly of iron and wire. The straining-posts should be of sound, well-seasoned larch or oak, and 7 ft. long by 6 in. square, or if round 7 in. in diameter. The intermediate posts are usually of larch, 5½ ft. long by 3½ in., by 3 in., or if round, not less than 3½ in. diameter at small end.