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Letter to the Right Honourable Robert Peel, on the means 



of employing the operatives of great britain and ireland, 1 



RevieAv of Mr. Secretary Peel's Letter, . . 6 



Queries from J. F. Burke, Esq. Greenwich, on establishing a forest, 1 2 



Survey of Mackroy Farms, Argyleshire, — immense profits from 



annual cuttings of Oak Coppice, in a Letter to W. M'Kinnon, 



Esq. Greenock, . . . . 19 



On the means of ascertaining the comparative tanning powers 

 of all kinds of barks, . . . . 21 



Gratis Circular on Young Plantations, with their means of 



preservation in 1826, an unprecedented drought, . 32 



Layering, an excellent method in very dry seasons, . 34 



Winnowing Machine for drying crop in wet harvests, . 37 

 Introduction to the Report of Plantations surveyed in Ire- 

 land in 1826, ...... 41 



Deficiency of Agricultural improvements, and the great good that 

 may be done by improving the waste lands in Ireland, by a ju- 

 dicious system, ..... 42 



Immense advantages by having Plantations on every Estate Sur- 

 veyed, and a System of Improving them in future laid down, 43 

 No. 1. Report of Plantations near the Approach Gate to Powers- 

 court Mansion, ..... 4g 



2. Clump opposite the Gate, . . . . 50 



3. Plantation within the Gate leading to the Mansion, 51 



4. Plantation. — Beech Grove on both sides of the Approach 



to the Mansion, .... 52 



Plan for thinning old trees, and preserving a crop on the 



ground, ...... ib. 



Best method to pollard trees in such places, . 55 



5. Large Trees along a private family walk, . 56 

 Great disgrace to destroy or cut down old ornamental 



trees, . ... 57 



\propos lines of the Poet, . . . .58 



Different management of young trees for ornament, 59 



Regret of a Proprietor when too late, . . . il>. 



