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In order to remedy, as far as may be, these evils, 

 whether present or prospective, I have, at the 

 desire of several English friends, endeavom'cd to 

 get the art taken up in a jjrofessional way, by 

 persons of good education, properly instructed. 

 Those persons, it is proposed, shall assume the 

 general name of ornamental planters, and be 

 competent to teach the art of " Giving Immediate 

 Effect to Wood," whether in principle or practice. 

 Each shall be attended by two skilful workmen or 

 operatives who have been trained at this place ; 

 and by visiting different parts of the island, as 

 their services may be required, both gentlemen 

 themselves and their gardeners will soon become 

 masters of a system, which, how carefully soever 

 it may be delineated in description, can never be 

 so thoroughly apprehended as by real practice. 



Of such planters it is imagined, that two in 

 number might suffice, in the beginning. One 

 would, in all probability, find employment in this 

 kingdom, and in the northern counties of Eng- 

 land, in the parallel of Yorkshire; and 07ie more 

 in the districts south of the Trent, from which 

 my principal visitors have lately come. Care shall 

 be taken that the planters be instructed in the 



