steuart's planter's guide. ^79 



by evaporation in the transit, to replenish the daily- 

 loss. 



Sir Henry remarks, that " no man who knows 

 any thing of wood, will put down the oak or the 

 elm on light sand or gravel, as it is only on deep 

 loam and clay that the oak, in particular, will really 

 thrive and grow into timber." No man who knows 

 how much a suitable soil for any Miid of plant is 

 under regulation of the moistness or dryness of the 

 atmosphere^ and other circumstances, will refrain 

 from smiling at Sir Henry's very superficial acquaint- 

 ance with his own subject, and at the manner he 

 thus again brings forward mankind to testify in sup- 

 port of his own error. Our author will place the 

 above quotation among the errata should he take a 

 ride up Strath-Tay from Birnam to Kenmore. 



Among other items of expense given by our au- 

 thor, none of which seem to be overstated, we feel 

 grateful for the information, that compost manure of 

 lime, farm-yard dung, and moss, can be obtained, 

 compounded, fermented, conveyed and applied, at 

 the rate of 6d. and 9d. per single and double load ! 



Sir Henry makes good his assertion, that slow 

 grown timber is always stronger, denser, and more 

 durable than fast grown, by a cloud of witnesses, — 

 every forester, gardener, and carpenter of the coun- 



