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BOOK I. 

 PART VIII. 



THE FORMATION AND MANAGEMENT OF 



USEFUL AND PICTURESQUE PLANTATIONS, 



INTRODUCTION. 



Various are the vegetable productions which this earth af- 

 fords. Blades of grass spring up every where, and clothe the 

 surface with pasture ; groups of shrubs arise in some places, 

 and diversify this uniform covering; but trees are the most 

 striking objects that adorn the face of inanimate nature. If 

 we could imagine for a moment that the surface of Europe 

 were totally divested of wood, what would be our sensations on 

 viewing its appearance ? Without this accompaniment, hills 

 and vallies, rivers and lakes, rocks and cataracts, though in 

 themselves the most perfect that could be imagined, would be 

 comparatively bleak and uninteresting. A lake, whose surface 



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