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the primary purpose, or the ultimate aim, of the 

 planter the local market the cost of plants, &<r 

 will claim very special attention. 



When the object is to beautify the Landscape, 

 or to produce effect in the immediate vicinity of a 

 Mansion, it will be necessary to set aside ordinary 

 rules, and to depart from some of the recognized 

 principles which ought always to govern, in plant- 

 ing for profit. But even here, nothing should be 

 done, nothing should be attempted, which is not 

 in strict consistence with those general laws which 

 the principles of vegetable physiology impose, 

 alike on a Gentleman who removes a large tree 

 upon the plan recommended by Sir Henry Steuart, 

 and on the practical Planter, who is professionally 

 employed to plant a large tract of country. 



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 pro- 

 perly carried out, the combination of Sir Henry's 

 plan, with the judicious arrangement of small 

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