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MEANS OF SPEEDY WOODING 



deemed a matter of first-rate importance. The 

 readiest of all methods, by which large trees can be 

 attained, if circumstances can admit of its application, 

 is that of Sir Henry Steuaut ; of the practical 

 part of whose plan, a faint, though it is hoped a 

 pretty correct, delineation has been given in the 

 preceding chapter. Admirable, however, as the 

 system of that gentleman unquestionably is, it will 

 often be found impossible to adopt it, and that in 

 the cases where wood is most wanted. A proprietor 

 may have trees on some part of his estate ; and yet 

 the distance may be so remote from the spot which 

 he has selected for his residence, that to convey 

 them thither would be utterly impracticable. Ano- 

 ther may have them more conveniently situated, 

 and yet be unwilling to denude the spot where they 

 now grow. A third may have them at hand, but 

 at the same time be disinclined to incur the expense 

 of removal. As for those who purchase a small spot 

 for the purpose of erecting either a suburban or 

 more retired villa, it is seldom indeed that they 

 find their property ready furnished with full grown 

 wood ; and it will in general be impossible, even were 

 the cost no objection, to purchase in the neighbour- 

 hood old trees fit for being transplanted. In each 

 of these cases, therefore, it will be necessary, either 



