CONTENTS. 



Xlll 



The subject— the art of moving about large trees in 

 general, merely a pandering to our wilfulness and 

 impatience, . . . . P. 227 



Intolerable dulness of the park and smooth lawn, 228 



Delightftd sympathies with the objects and varied 

 scenery of our peopled subalpine country, . 229 



Sir Walter Scott's curious effort to give consequence 

 to the art of moving about large trees, . .231 



Paroxysm of admii'ation of Sir Walter, at Sir Hen- 

 ry's discoveries, with his hyperbolic figures of 

 comparison, ..... 233 



Account of the writer's practice in moving trees of 

 considerable size, . . . . 235 



Taste of Sir Walter Scott for " home-keeping 

 squires," practisers of the AUanton system, . 245 



What a British gentleman should be, , . 246 



The Allanton practice described, . . 249 



Quotation from Sir Henry Steu art's volume, in 



which the philosophy of his practice is described, 254 



Summary of Sir Henry's discoveries, . .264 



Consideration of the accuracy of some of Sir Henry's 

 assertions regarding the desiccated epidermis of 

 trees, and the elongation of the shoots of plants, 265 



Sir Henry's assertion that quick-grown timber is in- 

 ferior to slow-grown, and that culture necessarily 

 renders it softer, less solid, and less dm'able, not 

 correct, ...... 282 



The present climate of Scotland, and of the Orkneys 



and Shetlands, inferior to a former, . .287 



That this may have been owing to these islands hav- 

 ing once been a portion of the continent, . 288 



The recent advance and recession of the German 

 Ocean, render a former junction with the conti- 

 nent not improbable, . . . .289 



Mr Loudon's statement, of the effect produced by 

 pruning on the quality and quantity of the tim- 

 ber, that trees produce the best timber in their 

 natural locality, not supported by facts, . 305 



