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has precedents to guide him to a more profit- 

 able practice. Instances of twenty-five and 

 fifty-five years' growth are invaluable, as they 

 show increase enough to ensure a very large 

 profit, and these exist on the very same estate ; 

 and what renders these two cases still more 

 important, is, that the ages of the trees can be 

 accurately stated, which is frequently a matter 

 of some difficulty. 



The privation of the knowledge of the 

 growth of trees, by the present method of 

 managing timber, and the slender hopes which 

 the prospect affords of any extensive accumu- 

 lation of property under it, will, it is to be 

 hoped, stimulate landowners to adopt a dif- 

 ferent method. When they reflect upon the 

 profit that would accrue from growing native 

 trees, and how much more to their advantage 

 it would be than buying foreign timber, they 

 will not fail to be thankful for having had their 

 attention directed to the subject. It is not to 

 be expected that they who are intrusted with 

 the management of such property will, all at 



