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in the face of proofs of success, such as I have 

 described as existing in this country, would be an 

 absurdity of which I would not willingly be 

 guilty ; but at the same time, I would not hesi- 

 tate to range myself among those who prefer, 

 under ordinary circumstances, to plant at a mode- 

 rate distance, and rely upon early pruning, for 

 securing the object which the close planter has in 

 view, viz., length of bole, or stem, and clearness 

 of grain. 



I come now to remark upon the 



present mo&e of managing plantations after 

 are ma&e. 



Abiding still, most strictly, by the rule laid 

 down for myself, to deal with every part of my 

 subject practically, I proceed to observe, that the 

 instances where Plantations are treated with due 

 regard to the principles of Arbori cultural science, 

 are not the rule, but the exceptions to the rule, as 

 every scientific planter, who has looked round 

 him, must know. 



