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as successfully, practised. He was led still far- 

 ther to extend his plan, by finding that some 

 of the most popular works on the subject of 

 arboriculture inculcated principles which he 

 could not but deem erroneous, without re- 

 jecting the testimony of some of the plain- 

 est and most certain facts that had fallen 

 under his notice. Thus, the work gradually 

 assumed its present form, containing remarks 

 on the culture and management of the diffe- 

 rent kinds of wood, from the raising of the 

 plant in the nursery, to the cutting down of 

 the full grown tree. 



In the introductory remarks, the reader 

 will find a short view of the advantages to 

 be derived from the cultivation of wood, and 

 a summary of the more important errors 

 usually committed in that department. The 

 first chapter gives a brief account of the 

 principal trees, whose culture is described 



