PREFACE. 



WHEN Mr Nicol publifhed his Gardener^ 

 Kalendar, early in the year 1 8 1O, he announced 

 his intention alfo to produce a Planter's and 

 Nurferyman's Kalendar. In order to render 

 this projected publication more perfect, he 

 made an extenfive tour through England, in the 

 courfeof the fummer and autumn of that year; 

 vifiting many of the principal forefts and planta- 

 tions, and the moft diftinguifhed feats of the 

 Nobility and Gentry, in that opulent country, 

 together with the chief nurferies near the me- 

 tropolis ; and taking notes of the ftate of the 

 forefts and plantations, and the different modes 

 of management purfued by the moft eminent 

 nurferymen and experienced forefters. It may 

 fcarcely be neceflary to remark^ that Mr Nicol 

 was previoufly well acquainted with the prac- 

 tice in Scotland ; he having many years ago 

 publifhed the Practical Planter ; a book very 

 favourably received by the Public, and which 

 has been frequently reprinted. 



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