THE 



PLANTER'S GUIDE. 



SECTION L 



IMPOETANCE OF ARBORICULTUEE, AND OF ESTABLISHING IT 

 ON SCIENTIFIC PEINCIPLES. ART OF GIYING IMMEDIATE 

 EFFECT TO WOOD. 



Theee is perhaps no epithet by which the inhabitants 

 of the northern division of this island, in the present 

 day, can be more appropriately distinguished than that of 

 a " Planting Kation/' or, to speak with more correctness, 

 a " Nation of Planters/^ All men now plant who are 

 possessed of land property, from the wealthy citizen with 

 his villa of an acre, to the powerful baron with his park 

 of a thousand acres, each according to the extent of his 

 surface and the measure of his ability. 



The vast sums which are annually laid out on this 

 useful and ornamental object would exceed belief, if 

 fairly estimated, considering the limited wealth of the 

 country compared with that of England. Yet of trees 

 the Scottish landowner for the most part knows little, 

 although he may possibly know as much as his English 

 neighbours; but like them he lays out his money freely 

 on^.the work, however executed, conceiving, and with 

 justice, that he has done a great thing, if not for himself 



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