X PREFACE. 



BRITISH NAVY, that laft and glorious palla* 

 dium of the liberties of Europe. 



The proper fixations and foils for a Nurfery 

 are then treated of; and, in fucceffion, the 

 foils and filiations beft calculated for Foreft 

 and Grove plantations, and for Woods and 

 Copfes. 



The different kinds of Foreft Trees are next 

 characterized ; and this part of the work is 

 clofed with a fhort view of the advantages tb 

 be derived from planting. 



The Kalendar follows ; and, in it, for every 

 month in the year, the work to be particularly 

 attended to during each month, is diftinftly ftat- 

 ed, under the refpe&ive heads of Nurfery, Fo- 

 reft Plantation, Ornamental Plantation, Copfes, 

 and Fences. 



In order to illuffrate fome things more per- 

 fectly, three engravings are given. In the firft, 

 I have exhibited the general appearance of two 

 properly pruned grove trees, the one thirty, 

 and the other ten years of age, and of one 

 that is improperly pruned. In plate fecond, the 

 baneful confequences of bad pruning are exem- 

 plified in two planks, figured from nature. In 

 the third plate, the various implements more 



particularly 



