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fects of each species are there pointed out ; and hints fur- 

 nished, by the adoption of which, the intelligent and pub- 

 lic-spirited planter, may ensure the most essential benefits, 

 to himself, his successors, and to his country. 



In estimating the value of plantations also, it is not the 

 mere price of the timber at any given age, that is to be 

 looked to. For the ornament they form upon property, 

 and the shelter they yield to the land, the crops, and the 

 cattle, are matters of nearly equal, and in many instances of 

 much greater importance, than the value of the timber when 

 cut. 



Concluding Observations to Chapter IV. 



Such are the various modes of occupying the soil, in a 

 temperate climate, like that of Great Britain. It results 

 from the whole investigation, that in such a climate, there 

 is hardly a spot on the surface, excepting the summits of 

 bleak mountains, that may not be employed, to some pur- 

 pose advantageous to man. Where the soil is capable of culti- 

 vation, valuable crops of grain, of artificial grasses, and other 

 beneficial articles, may be annually procured from it ; and 

 even the most barren spots will produce, either profitable 

 herbage, or some useful species of timber. 



