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We do not know whether this edition 

 of the " Silva" preceded or followed the 

 book Ave have next to notice, as they 

 both issued from the same press, in the 

 same year, namely, A Treatise on TlanU 

 ijigf Gardenings SfC. hy J. Ketincdy, Gar- 

 dener to Sir Thomas Gascoigne, Baronet. 

 The author tells us, in his preface, " the 

 " instructions there given are the result 

 " of many years' experience ;' which, pro- 

 bably, may be very true, so far as apply- 

 ing to any thing done within the garden 

 walls ; but beyond them, we find no do- 

 cuments sufficient to warrant the asser- 

 tion. For though experience does not al- 

 ways lead men into the best methods, yet 

 it will always enable them to correct 

 gross mistakes. 



Suppose, for instance, we have trees 

 planted six feet apart, and afterwards add 

 an equal number to them, a person of no 

 experience would suppose they would 

 then stand at the distance of three feet; or 



