INTRODUCTION. 



IN writing the few "PLAIN REMARKS" which 

 follow, I shall, in a great measure, confine myself 

 to the consideration of two main points, viz. the 

 present state^ and the present mode of managing 

 such Old Woods, Plantations, and Hedge-Row 

 Timber, as I deem to be under a course of impro- 

 per treatment, suggesting, as I go on, an improved 

 system of management of them all. Respecting 

 both these points, I shall have to make statements 

 which, to me, appear very important statements, 

 which I know cannot be controverted, and 

 which, though they may apply, as they are 

 intended to apply, more particularly to some dis- 

 tricts than to others, will, more or less, apply to 

 all where Woods, Plantations, and well-stocked 

 Hedge Rows abound. 



