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And it is matter of sincere regret that so 

 many instances of such are found all over the 

 country. How many thousands, nay mil- 

 lions, of trees are to be found in a state of al- 

 most irrecoverable ruin ! and which, at half 

 the money the thinnings would have brought, 

 might have been kept in proper condition 

 in every respect, whether of Pruning, Train- 

 ing, Thinning, or in keeping up proper 

 fences. How much more valuable would 

 the timber have been, and of consequence, 

 the property on which it grows ! 



But, in many instances, it is not yet too 

 late to endeavour to recover many hundred 

 acres of plantation, which otherwise, in a few 

 years might be rendered very difficult to re- 

 claim. The proprietors of such are there- 

 fore intreated to take this matter into their 

 serious consideration, as being a point not 

 only of private, but of national importance. 



