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As we do not conceive it necessary to 

 notice the opinions of any other writers 

 than such as are, in some degree, popu- 

 lar, and who may be supposed to have 

 influence with the public, we shall have 

 to produce only another authority, viz. 

 Nicol, the- author of — The Practical 

 Planter, comprehending the Ctdtiire and 

 Management of Planted and Natural Tim- 



for NEW, Ave shall expect, by and b}', some dashing 

 genius to claim that excellent invention — the Plant- 

 ing of Cabbages. 



Taking the whole together, I presume a very natu- 

 ral answer is furnished to a very proper question, 

 which has often been asked, viz. Why were not pro- 

 fessional men employed to report upon the merits of 

 Mr. Forsyth's discovery ? — the answer to which is, 

 that such, having professional reputation at stake, must 

 have been under the necessitv of tracing effects up to 

 their true causes ; they must have known what was 

 old or common both in nature and practice ; and there- 

 fore could not possibl}' have fuffered the author to 

 avail himself of it as matter of yeio Discovery. 



