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II. ERRORS GENERALLY COMMITTED IN THE 

 CULTIVATION OF WOOD. 



Frequent opportunities will occur of pointing 

 out what seems to be erroneous in the common me- 

 thods of cultivating wood, as we proceed with the 

 work. It may not, however, be improper to give a 

 kind of synopsis, or connected view of the more im» 

 portant errors with which these methods are charge- 

 able, as part of our introductory matter, that they 

 may the more prominently meet the attention of 

 the reader. 



One of the most fatal of these errors is, when we 

 plant without being sufficiently careful to adapt the 

 trees to the soil, or, in other words, when we do not 

 studiously enough select such species as the land is 

 best qualified to bring to perfection. This mistake 

 is perhaps more general than any other, and has 

 been the source of much loss and disappointment. 

 Nothing is more common than to see trees, which 



