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Wlowed by a corresponding chain of rea- 

 soning; — but, the asserted facts are false, 

 consequently the reasoning is without 

 foundation. 



It would be easy to add proofs in abun- 

 dance, that, beyond garden practice, our 

 author had no experience ; as within such 

 limit all is consistent ; beyond it, every 

 thing the reverse. For instance, though 

 he directs a tolerable method of pruning 

 forest trees, while they are very small, yet 

 for want of experience he supposes that me- 

 thod would be attended with the necessity 

 of a midsummer-dressing, which certainly 

 would not be the case. He supposes, on 

 the whole, that such trees would require 

 two prunings every year, when one in two 

 years would bo quite enough. Indeed, it 

 is sufficiently plain that he was afraid of 

 meddling with trees somCAvhat large ; as, 

 in such cases, he recommends pruning ei- 

 ther by leaving snags, or by leaving trees 

 to prune themselves ; he says, " Firs at 



