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It is proved then, that such practice has 

 been abundantly successful, so far as it has 

 been extended ; to it we are obviously 

 indebted, for most of the good timber we 

 possess. Surely, then, that success is a 

 sufficient reason to eoctend the practice. 

 If a tree has been benefited in a certain 

 degree, by clearing the stem, a few feet 

 in length, undoubtedly the same, or si- 

 milar means, extended higher, would have 

 increased the effect. 



In order to give a clear idea of what 

 may be expected from a good method 

 of training timber, the frontispiece is 

 introduced ; being a drawing of a Beech 

 in Woburn Park ; to which the Grand- 

 father of the present Duke of Bedford is 

 said to have paid very particular atten- 

 tion. 



only imply free space on every side, for all the branches 

 to grow ; none being taken off, except by the winds. 

 Firs in such a state, may rise, with a single stem, to a 

 great height, but produce no dean timber. 



