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The part of Mr Cruickshank's volume which we 

 have analyzed, does not extend much beyond the 

 first half: this portion is well worth a perusal. We 

 have merely glanced over the remainder : it is a 

 make-up scarce worth noticing. The language, on 

 the whole, is easy and plain ; and although the vo- 

 lume contains a considerable number of errors, in 

 the pointing out of which we have not been sparing, 

 yet will it form an excellent planter's assistant to 

 people who have ground to plant, and are ignorant 

 of the process of planting. 



We have now brought before the reader a pretty 

 fair pictm-e of the Forestry of the present day. 

 Some may wonder that the written science of ar- 

 boriculture should be so imperfect and inaccurate ; 

 but the knowledge of the art, and the power of com- 

 municating that knowledge, are of so different a cha- 



vvhich are nearly double the size of the Scots, our present climate 

 being insufficient for the proper development. This leads to the 

 question, will the greater luxuriance balance any tenderness from 

 want of acclimatizing? VV^ould the oak keep its present locality 

 in Scotland if left to nature ? A careful inspection of the most 

 elevated peat mosses in which remains of timber exist, and a com- 

 parison of the size of the seeds found there, with that of those of 

 the present day, grown the nearest to this in situation, would re- 

 solve the question of refrigeration. 



