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lions, the expense was very moderate, amounting to consid- 

 erably less than the one half of that of the grove-wood. 



I believe it is needless to add any more on the subject of 

 expense ; and I should not have dwelt upon it at so much 

 length, had it not been for the pains that have been taken, 

 and the falsehoods that have been propagated, in order to 

 bring the art into disrepute, by representing it as a costly 

 wonder, not as a practice which is calculated to be useful. 



It w^ere easy to quote, were it necessary, the example of 

 other friends, who, on being made aw'are of the principles, 

 by which the preservative system is regulated, have made 

 admirable and successful efforts to apply them to practice. 

 But it would only prove, what, I trust, every candid reader 

 will consider as proved already, that is, that wood of all 

 kinds, on the preservative system, has been transferred at this 

 place, and may any where else be transferred by others, at 

 a moderate expense : that the larger trees usually removed 

 here, being from twenty-five to thirty-five feet high, may be 

 managed, with expert and experienced workmen, for from 

 10s. to 13s. each, at half a mile's distance ; and the smaller, 

 being from eighteen to five-and-twenty feet, for from 6s. to 

 8s. With workmen awkward or inexperienced, it will not 

 seem surprising, were it to require a half more at first, or 

 even double those sums, in order to follow out the practice 

 which has been recommended. For close plantations, or for 

 bush-planting in the park, the trees may be transferred for 

 about Ss. 6d., and the stools of underwood, for from Is. to 2s. 

 per stool. Subjects considerably higher than any of the 

 above I sometimes remove ; but I place much greater value 

 on a splendid and extensive top. for effect in park-wood, than 

 on mere length of stem, unless for particular purposes. As 

 to the rates stated, I believe there are few planters, who have 

 seen my trees ^ that would not consider them as cheaply pro- 

 cured, at three and four times the amount. 



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