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that the difference in the treatment of woods and forests 

 in the countries in which these terms respectively are used, 

 is in a great measure the result or consequence of the new 

 departure taken by forest economy within the present 

 century ; and many of the treatises on subjects connected 

 with sylviculture, published in Spain, are not greatly 

 dissimilar to works which have been published in Britain 

 on arboriculture. 



In 1842 there was published byD. Pablo Bentelou,Director 

 of the Royal Gardens of Alcazar, Memorice, fyc., a Memoir on 

 the Acclimitisation of Foreign Plants, treating of climatic 

 transplantation and acclimitisation ; with a list of foreign 

 plants suitable, in the opinion of the author for introduction 

 into Spain, stating their habitat and properties. 



In 1845 was published D. Jose Maria Pamagua, Pro- 

 fessor Emeritus of Agriculture, and member of several 

 scientific societies, Manuel del Podador, &c. The Pruner's 

 Manual, or directions for the treatment of forest trees, in 

 forests, woods, or plantations in which physiological 

 phenomena, the knowledge of which is necessary to the 

 intelligent practice of pruning, are detailed; and the 

 operation is described in its application in different ways, 

 and to a great many different kinds of trees being a 

 compilation from various French authors, and instruments 

 employed ; with notices of the appropriate seasons of 

 the year for such operations. 



In 1844 was published in Madrid El Arbolista Practice, 

 treating of the art of cultivating all kinds of trees ; of the 

 preparation and division of each ; of the multiplication of 

 them ; of diseases from which they suffer ; and of insects 

 injurious to them ; with a description of all kinds of forest 

 and garden trees ; the culture which each requires ; its 

 properties and uses. It is a manual, one of a series 

 published about that time, under the collective title of 

 Agricultura Popular. The directions are compiled from 

 the most distinguished writers of the day. 



