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" ten feet apart will do so :" — and all this 

 we are to consider as experience ! The poet 

 had an eye to something of the sort, when 

 he said, 



"A little learning is a dangerous thing." 



We next come to the celebrated au- 

 thor of Observations on the Diseases, De- 

 fects, and Injuries of all Kinds of Fruit 

 and Forest trees; with an Account of a 

 particular Mode of Cure; — whose book, 

 it is true, has raised high expectations 

 among a certain description of persons. 

 Its title, as well as the table of contents, 

 gives us reason to hope for important 

 information, in regard to the Pruning 

 of Forest Trees; but, when we come to 

 the point, " 'tis disappointment all." — 

 He tells us, indeed, much of his good 

 wishes to the subject, and drops some 

 loose hints, in regard to what has been 

 the opinions and practice of othere ; 

 and sees, or thinks he sees, destruc- 

 tion lurk behind, as the natural con- 



