NICOL'S planter's CALENDAR. l69 



latter practice will be executed for one half the ex- 

 pense of the former. Supposing that the progress, 

 after twenty years' occupancy of the ground, be equal 

 in both cases, — at which period, however, we think 

 the transplanted would still have the advantage, — 

 it would require a considerable ultimate superior 

 progress in those sown, to outbalance the accimiulat- 

 ing value of the extra expense. It is probable a 

 combination of both practices might be advantage- 

 ously followed — sowing the soils and situations most 

 suitable, and transplanting the thinnings of these 

 into the more exposed unpropitious places*. The 

 matter, however, must, after all, be left to the test of 

 experiment in a variety of soils and situations. 



This volume, being principally a monthly detail of 

 a nursery practice, which has supported the test of 

 competition, has, on this account, a very different cre- 

 dit and value from much that has been published of 

 landlords' practice, theorists' conjectm^es, or adventu- 

 rers' quackery. The burthen of our author's song, 

 which, from the natm*e of the work, falls to be repeat- 

 ed at several of the calendary periods, and which per- 

 haps cannot be too often repeated, is nearly as follows. 



Procure good seed of the best varieties from large 

 healthy trees, and preserve these in husk in dry 

 * We rather think Mr Sang mentions this. 



