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us hcietofoie in Fiance, in the light of a mechanical process 

 fortuitously practised, and little valued for either ornament 

 or use. 



Madame de Sevigne mentions, in one of her letters, that, 

 at her country-scat '•' aux Rochers,"' they raised great woods, 

 and transplanted trees of thirty and forty feet high. This 

 account is very vague and unsatisfactory, as she says nothing 

 of the means, which were employed to accomplish the work. 

 BtU Madame de Sevigne probably told all she knew ; and we 

 may believe they did their best to follow the example set by 

 the Grand Mojiarque, although with inferior powers of exe- 

 cution. At present, in France, as we travel along the roads, 

 we frequently see trees of some size, which have been trans- 

 ferred, in order to decorate the sides of the former. Their 

 mode of proceeding seems to be the same as that directed by 

 Evelyn (who probably borrowed it from the French), namely, 

 to raise the tree by the ordinary methods; to lop and disbranch 

 it completely ; and then, in planting it anew, to leave noth- 

 ing but the summit entire. The small-leaved elm is the 

 species of tree generally adopted for this purpose, in some 

 districts, but in others, the walnut, the oak, and the poplar. 



In Germany and Poland, it is altogether different with re- 

 spect to national taste, and characteristic habits. The country 

 residences of the great and wealthy are much more frequently 

 inhabited by the owners; and, in Poland especially, they have 

 been, of late years, laid out in a style more truly English, 

 and with great magnificence. Notwithstanding a grotesque 

 mixture, on some occasions, of that style with their former 

 rectilinear features, their parks and pleasure-grounds often ex- 

 hibit a rudeness and wild grandeur of scenery, which are 

 rarely found in England, and which Wales or Scotland can 

 scarcely rival. It is in such hands that the art of trans- 

 planting might produce the best effects ; and there is no want 

 of situations to profit by its assistance, were the art placed 

 upon principles lluit could insure success;. 



