336 Sir Henrij Steuarfs Plcmter''s Guide. 



tuted, with tolerably good effect, the medium smik fence of 

 your Encyclopcedia of Agriculture, fig. 380., with this differ- 

 ence, that, as soon as the wall was raised to the height of the 

 original surface, I finished it with earth sloped off ( fig. 89.)} 

 and faced the sloping part with sods, laid on as they grew, 

 which looks better than when they are placed atop of each 

 other. 



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The opposite, or sloping side of the fence, ought to form as 

 great an angle as is consistent with the concealment of the wall, 

 for the reasons already adduced. Should the fence be near 

 the house, or any other particular place whence it may be easily 

 seen, and if the ground falls from the front of it, the surface 

 may be gradually raised towards the edge, as already hinted, 

 so as to produce the desired effect. In more distant scenes, 

 and where the rock is near the surface, a low hedge of thorn 

 or holly, on the top of the wall, is admissible, if necessary ; 

 and, in the demesne or park, looks better than the common 

 ditch and hedge. A cheap and permanent grass-green colour, 

 mixed in the mortar with which walls of sunk fences, &c., 

 are, or at least ought to be, rough cast, would, in my humble 

 estimation, be no inconsiderable improvement in the minutiae 

 of rural ornament. 



Trusting that you will excuse the unconnected manner in 

 which these remarks are brought forward, 



I remain, Sir, yours, very sincerely, 



James Fraser. 



Art. IX. Remarks on Sir Henri/ Steuart's Planter''s Guide. 

 By Mr. Sinclair, F.L.S. H.S., of New Cross. 



Sir, 

 Having perused, with much pleasure and satisfaction. Sir 

 Henry Steuart's Planter's Guide, I venture to ojEfer a few 

 observations on the interesting subject of which it treats. 

 This I purposed to have done shortly after the appearance of 

 the work, but my avocations have not allowed me leisure until 

 now ; in the mean time, the able reviews of the work in your 

 last Number, and elsewhere, have left me little on which to 

 remark. The discovery that forest trees of large growth may 

 be transplanted without mutilation, and with safety as to future 

 growth, needs only be named to be fully valued and appre- 



