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Had it not been for the unexpected length, to which the 

 foregoing discussions have been drawn, it was my intention 

 to have added to the present volume, a Review or detailed 

 Account of the Forest-Trees, whether indigenous or of 

 foreign origin, that are generally cultivated in Britain. 

 Such a Review would have comprised an enumeration of 

 their botanical descriptions, their properties, uses, picturesque 

 characters, and fitness for removal, together with any other 

 fact or circumstance respecting each, that seemed to bear 

 upon, or illustrate the different objects of this Essay. As a 

 statement like this, however, must have occupied three 

 hundred pages, or more, it was inadmissible in a volume, 

 which had already swelled to its present size. It must, 

 therefore, be reserved for some future occasion, or perhaps 

 for a supplement to another edition of the work, should such 

 ever be called for. 



In these circumstances, I have to apologize to the reader, 

 for what may be considered an imperfection in any attempt 

 to give a body of rules for the practice of an art, without 

 some description of the objects to which it is to be applied, 

 of their diversity as materials, or their aptness to practice. 

 But, should the above arrangement be followed out, I should 

 hope, that something might be brought forward, useful to 

 the general planter, as well as to the landscape gardener, and 



