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By the by, I knew how to use this pick before Sir Henry's 

 book was printed ; and although my employer was for pruning 

 and shortening the boughs, I answered in the negative. Elms 

 and sycamore I found do best ; although horsechestnut and 

 service tree did very well. Spruce and balm of Gilead firs 

 pushed well after being two years transplanted. I consider 

 the elm a good tree for transplanting, from its very fibrous 

 roots. Of course, the trees referred to above are small in 

 comparison of the Allanton trees ; but, if care is taken, the suc- 

 cess is certain. Where there are plantations of about twenty 

 years' growth on an estate, clumps, single trees, park scenery, 

 &c, may be much improved, at very little expense. I do not 

 consider it needful to have a machine for lifting trees below 

 1 6 ft. in height ; for trees 1 2 and 1 5 ft. high may be lifted, two 

 and three at a time, as I have hinted above. I can assure Sir 

 Henry Steuart, there are gardeners, " and loppers and cutters 

 of wood, " also, that, if they had the same means as he pos- 

 sessed, would execute work worthy a visit from a deputation 

 of the Highland Society. Through the medium of the Ma- 

 gazine, I wish to pay my respects to John Moggridge, Esq., 

 I never saw the gentleman, and most likely never shall ; but 

 he manifests such a spirit of philanthropy in the means he has 

 used to better the condition of the labouring classes, that I 

 have often thought of him myself, and spoken of him to others. 

 The plans he has put in practice are of a more substantial 

 nature than what your correspondent Variegata points out as 

 calculated to educate the feelings of the labouring classes : 

 people must first have a due portion of the necessaries of life, 

 food and clothing, before their feelings will be any way softened 

 by parochial museums, dancing, &c. 



I am, Sir, &c. 

 September, 1829. ' Quercus. 



Art. X. Notice of a new Guard for Single Trees in Parks and 

 en Lawns. By Mr. John Hislop, Gardener to Colonel Howard, 

 at Ashstead Park, Surrey. 



Sir, 

 I some time ago sent you a query for the Gardener's Ma- 

 gazine, as to the best mode of guarding single trees, on lawns 

 or in parks, from the depredations of various kinds of cattle. 

 By the best mode I, of course, meant efficiency, lightness, and 

 economy. The answer returned was (Vol. III. p. 254.), " Tie 



