INTRODUCTORY VIEW, IX 



for the purposes of husbandry ; for fuel : Of 

 THINNING the Plantation in every stage, 

 according to local circumstances; and of the 

 necessary care of all wounds and bruises, whe- 

 ther occasioned by the operation of pruning, 

 or by incidental casualties. 



The fifth general head comprehends the 

 planting of HEDGE-ROW AND DETACHED 

 TREES ; wherein is considered the propriety 

 of planting such in pasture fields, in corn 

 lands, by the sides of public roads, in parks, 

 or in lawns. I also dwell on the method of 

 nursing and preparing them for removal ; 

 training, transplanting, and pruning them 

 for use, for beauty. Some observations on 

 the barbarity of polling, &c. I wish not to 

 pass unnoticed, 



In the sixth general division, I endeavour 

 to point out the advantages, and the disad- 

 vantages proceeding from the care, or from 

 the neglect of old plantations. The necessary 

 caution in proceeding to prune and thin those 

 neglected, overrun, or maltreated, according 

 to the present state or local situation of the 



