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could say any thing that is ncio^ on a subject so 

 famihar to them, or in reprobating some parts of 

 their system, which, in an evil hour, I have termed 

 the MUTILATING, I am not wilhng to add to my sins 

 in this way, by seeming also to supersede their 

 practice, and recommend something of my own, 

 which they may think much worse, in its stead. 

 The truth is, that for facility of execution^ and dis- 

 patch in tJie field, my method may be sufficiently 

 well calculated, in the limited scale of work which 

 I have found it expedient to adopt, and I may 

 therefore view it with a partial eye. But candour 

 obliges me to admit, that in some respects it is 

 inferior to the English system (for example, in 

 wholly rejecting the upright position of the tree); 

 and it would be unsuitable to the large and ex- 

 pensive style of work, which is often executed by 

 that ingenious and opulent people, and in some 

 instances with extraordinary success. 



In these circumstances, then, it is proper to 

 declare, that the whole of the practical part of the 

 present work, and especially that which relates to 

 the taking up, transporting, and planting of trees 

 (that is, Sections VIII. and IX., and a part of 

 Section VII. also), has been composed solely for 



