THE 



PLANTER'S GUIDE; 



/ OB. 



A PRACTICAL ESSAY 



ON THE BEST METHOD OP 



GIVING IMMEDIATE EFFECT TO WOOD, 



BY THE REMOVAL OP 



LARGE TREES AND UNDERWOOD; 



BEING AN ATTEMPT 



TO PLACE THE ART, AND THAT OF GENERAL ARBORICULTURE, ON FIXED 

 AND PHYTOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES; 



INTERSPERSED WITH 



OBSERVATIONS ON GENERAL PLANTING, 



AND THE 



IMPROVEMENT OF REAL LANDSCAPE. 

 ORIGINALLY INTENDED FOR THE CLIMATE OF SCOTLAND. 



By Sir HENRY STEUART, Bart. 



LL. D. F. K.'S. E. ETC. 



Imitetur ars Natnram, et quod ea desiderat inveniat, quod ostend it sequatur. 



CiC. AD HERENN. III. 



FIRST AMERICAN, 

 FROM THE SECOND LONDON AND EDINBURGH EDITION. 



NEW-YORK: 



PUBLISHED BY G. THORBURN AND SONS, 



AND SOLD 



BY WILLIARI THORBURN, NORTH MARKET-STREET, ALBANY, AND 



J. B. RUSSELL, NORTH MARKET-STREET, BOSTON. 



1832. 



