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the art to the most geyieral jiuiposes of utiUty and shelter, 

 whether in large towns, or in the country, by the trans- 

 planting of copse or underwood of any size or species. This 

 is either formed alone into large masses, or it is intermixed 

 with grove or standard trees, as circumstances in either 

 situation may require. By these means some of the most 

 interesting objects, both agricultural and ornamental, have 

 been accomplished, at a very moderate expense, and brought 

 within the reach, not only of tlvc great and opulent, but of 

 any person of limited fortune. — Such is the art, which is 

 attempted to be taught in the following pages. 



But the principles, on which it is established, imply a far 

 wider range, and admit of a far more important application. 

 The art of givmg Immediate Effect to Wood is not merely an 

 art of practice. It is founded on vegetable physiology, and 

 the anatomy of plants, and constitutes one branch only of 

 GENERAL PLANTING, which it is Still morc important to 

 teach, on some principles of science. To carry the former 

 into effect, it is obvious that, as materials of considerable 

 magnitude are necessary, so difficulties are found, which do 

 not occur in ordinary planting, and by doing greater violence 

 to nature, it requires far greater dexterity, as well as greater 

 science. To teach the art, therefore, of removing large 

 trees, is to teach, in the most effective manner, that of gene- 

 ral planting on physiological principles, which, as they are 

 drawn from nature herself, cannot err, and accordingly, they 

 furnish the only certain means of accounting for its failure, 

 or teaching it with success. He, who can raise a tree from 

 the seed to the state of valuable timber, whether for ornament 

 or use, must possess a certain acquaintance with the habits 

 of woody plants : but the man, who can remove trees of 

 considerable age and magnitude at pleasure, must necessarily 

 |K)ssess the same species of skill, and a knowledge of the laws 

 of nature, to a much superior extent. 



On a subject like this, which is wholly new, but not the 



