ADVERTISEMENT 



TO THE AMERICAN EDITION. 



In presenting this valuable work to the American public, the 

 publishers are actuated by an ardent desire to see the useful 

 principles so ably demonstrated by the intelligent author, 

 brought into successful operation in this country. On his 

 own property in Scotland, Sir Henry Steuart has aqcomphshed 

 the most wonderful changes, which appear more like the effects 

 of magical influence, than the ordinary application of means 

 which many possessed. His park contains about one hundred 

 and twenty acres, of great diversity of surface, and of various 

 soils, and in 1820, the entire number of trees of ancient stand- 

 ing, did not exceed between sixty and seventy : in that and the 

 following year, by means of the Transplanting Machine, he 

 added to his domain near seven hundred, which were scattered 

 singly, or arranged in clumps and masses of different kinds, 

 giving to the whole a rich and woody appearance. To produce 

 these astonishing effects, which at once convert the most tame 

 and uninteresting situations into a picturesque and glowing land- 

 scape, thereby anticipating forty years of a man's existence, 

 the expense can be but a very minor consideration : about 

 thirty pounds sterling per acre, or two hundred dollars may 

 be assumed here as a fair estimation. 



