THE 



FOREST PRUNER. 



1 HE present is an age of improvement : 

 so says the concurrent testimony of every 

 person of observation, who has attended 

 to the recent and amazing advances in dif- 

 ferent sciences ; such as Agriculture, Me- 

 chanics, Chemistry, &c. &c. — nor can we 

 considerthose objects without beingstruck 

 Avith the astonishing powers of the human 

 mind, when stimulated to pursue particu- 

 lar objects. — The genius and enterprising 

 spirit of the present period, aided by libe- 

 ral patronage, have, in numerous instances, 

 effected what, in times past, would have 



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