CONTENTS. 



SECTION I. 



UTILITY AND IMPORTANCE OF ARBORICULTURE. ART OF GIVING IMMEDIATE 

 EFFECT TO WOOD. 



Planting extensively practised, but not scientifically studied in Scot- 

 land, page 41. — Importance of a Society, exclusively for the Im- 

 provement of Arboriculture, p. 44. — Origin of Landscape Gardening in 

 England. Kent — Brown — Price. Power of obtaining the Immediate 

 Command of Wood a desideratum in that art, p. 45. — Partiality to 

 Wood strong and Universal. Vast power of the Transplanting Ma- 

 chine. Eifects produced by it, at Allanton House, p, 47. — Great 

 utility of applying Physiological Principles to General Planting, p. 49. 

 — Inspection by the Highland Society, p. 50. — Real Landscape created 

 in the Park at Allanton, between 1816 and 1821. View in the Park 

 there, (Frontispiece), p. 52. — The art established on Fixed Princi- 

 ples, p. 53. 



SECTION II. 



HISTORY OF THE ART, FROM THE EARLIEST, DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME. 



Wood attentively cultivated by the Ancients. Theophrastus — Cato 

 — Varro — Columella, p. 55. — Landscape Painting unknown till the age 

 of Augustus. The Removal of Large Trees generally practised at 

 Rome. Pliny, the Younger Seneca, p. 55. — Comparison between the 

 Greek and Roman methods, p. 57. — Revival of the Art in Europe, in 

 the 17th century. Surprising achievements of Count Maurice of Nas- 

 sau. His splendid gardens in Brazil, p. 60. — Eiforts of the Germans 

 and French. Gigantic operations of Lewis XIV., p. 62. — The Art 



