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find a soil that accords with its nature. In this 6ase, the tree 

 that will come to the greatest perfection in that soil, will gene- 

 rally be found the most valuable. A wood, not valuable from 

 local circumstances, may, by manufacturing it on the spot, 

 in order to render carriage less expensive, be rendered much 

 more valuable. From the general introduction of good roads 

 and canals; and the spirit for increasing these, there can hardly 

 be a situation, in which plantations will not be valuable for 

 timber ; and it is impossible to conceive one where the other 

 products will not be of great value. — " Every person who 

 can measure timber thinks himself qualified to value stand- 

 ing trees ; but such men are often deceived in their esti- 

 mates. It is the perfect knowledge of the application of the 

 different shaped trees that enables a man to be correct in his 

 valuation. A foot of wood may be of little value to one trade, 

 but of great value to another. This is the grand secret which 

 enriches the purchasers of standing timber*/' 



22. Every tree or shrub when full grown, is possessed of a num- 

 ber of qualities that produce similar emotions, and hence their 

 expression or character. Thus, the cypress is of a uniform, un- 

 changeable shape, and constantly of a dark green colour. It has a 

 still, solemn appearance; and hence it has obtained the character 



Hunter's Evelyn's Sylva, p. 112. 



