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1821, the former inclusive, the whole of this, whether park 



trees or copsewood, was executed by means of the trans- 

 planting machine, excepting as to the distant and bounding 

 lines of wood, which on the spot are easily distinguishable. 

 Within the above space of time, it rarely happened, that 

 more than eight or nine workmen were employed, unless 

 for the trenching, which, as has been recommended in Sect. 

 VI., was generally done by contract. The months of the 

 year, in which transplanting-work is performed here, are 

 usually four, namely from January till May. The wages 

 paid to workmen have, for some years, been 9s. and 10s. 

 per week : hence, supposing one week in the month to go 

 off for unfavourable weather, the entire amount would, at 

 the latter rate, be L.58, 10s. yearly. This is a considerable 

 sum, no doubt ; although it allows but a small portion of 

 expense for each tree and bush of the many hundreds that 

 have been removed. But it would admit of but few plants 

 indeed, at the rate of ten and fifteen guineas, which folly or 

 ignorance has supposed them to cost. 



Let it be observed, moreover, that there is included in the 

 same estimate, the planting of a considerable island in the 

 lake, and four different promontories of some extent ; besides 

 the woody accompaniments of the bridge, seen in the second 

 distance, and sundry other groups and open dispositions of 

 trees in the Park, which were viewed by the Committee of 

 the Highland Society, and cover a large surface ; but they 

 could not all be given in this landscape. In these circum- 

 stances, probably L.58. 10s., laid out annually for six years, 

 will not be considered, by any one conversant with wood, as 

 an extravagant, but rather as a very moderate sum to dedi- 

 cate to the speedy accomplishment of the objects, which it 

 has been thus attempted to delineate. 



It is true, it may be said, that this is a vague statement, 

 consisting only of a general view of expenditure, without 

 the detail of particular itenih^. and therefore, without the 



