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thy, the scanty portion the country affords, 

 compared with the trees planted, render it 

 a subject worthy of the most serious atten- 

 tion to discover any means to increase the 

 quantity, by making the trees more pro- 

 ductive. This is the intention of the fol- 

 lowing short essay. How far it has answer- 

 ed the purpose, let it speak for itself j 



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* For facts are stubborn chields, and downa be denied." 



As I was not bred a gardener, and never 

 read any of their books, it cannot be expect- 

 ed that I can be acquainted with their 

 terms, but I have studied to be as intelli- 

 gible as I could, in using common language, 

 and language further than being intelligible 

 is not the object of this essay. I have used 

 the words " outer and inner bark," because 

 they are common, and generally understood 

 in round terms. 



