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examples. Perhai)s a single one, j,aveii in the comparalivc 

 way, and contrasting the expense of wooding a space ol 

 ground, by means of the transplanting machine, and wood- 

 ing it after the common method of planting, with nursery 

 plants, will appear still more conclusive and satisfactory to 

 the reader. 



In looking up the lake, the reader will observe a bold 

 promontory or headland (See Frontispiece,) situated on the 

 right-hand side, near the bridge, which was seen by the 

 Committee of the Highland Society. This prominent spot 

 was wooded in 1817, by an open disposition of trees, 

 twenty-two in number, and consisting mostly of sycamores, 

 with a few oaks and elms interspersed. A few bushes, 

 which are close to the water's edge, have been recently 

 added. 



The dimensions of the trees were from five-and-twenty to 

 eight-and-twenty feet high ; and, as the situation was one of 

 very open exposure to the west, care was taken to select 

 such subjects, as possessed, in a considerable degree, all the 

 protecting properties. This plantation was executed in nine 

 days, by nine workmen, and a horse to draw the machine, 

 the distance not much exceeding a quarter of a mile. The 

 expense, which amounted to about 10s. per tree, is as 

 under : — 



Nine workmen 8 days, at Is. 8d. per day 

 One horse and driver 15 days, at 5s. 

 Dung-compost 44 cart-loads, at 9d. . . . 



In all 



Now, we shall suppose, that the art of giving immediate 

 effect to wood had been altogether unknown to me, and that 

 I had wished to procure two-and-twenty line trees, for so 

 prominent a station, by the ordinary system of planting : 

 the first thing I should have had to do, according to the most 



