PLANTER'S GUIDE. 



SECTION I. 



IMPORTANCE OF ARBORICULTURE, AND OF ESTABLISHING 

 IT ON SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES. ART OF GIVING IMME- 

 DIATE EFFECT TO WOOD. 



There is perhaps no epithet, by which the inhabitants of 

 the Northern Division of this Island, in the present day, can 

 be more appropriately distinguished, than that of a "Plant- 

 ing Nation," or, to speak with more correctness, a '•' Nation of 

 Planters." All men now plant, who are possessed of land- 

 property, from the wealthy citizen with his villa of an acre, 

 to the powerful baron with his park of a thousand acres ; 

 each according to the extent of his surface, and the measure 

 of his ability. 



The vast sums which are annually laid out on this useful 

 and ornamental object, would exceed belief, if fairly estimated, 

 considering the limited wealth of the country, compared with 

 that of England. Yet of trees the Scottish land-owner for 

 the most part knows little, although he may possibly know 

 as much as his English neighbours : but, like them, he lays 

 out his money freely on the work, however executed, conceiv- 

 ing, and with justice, that he has done a great thing, if not 

 for himself, at least for his posterity. Unacquainted with 

 the history, properties, and culture of trees, he naturally 



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