THE planter's GUIDE. 



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professing to be ^radical, I have dwelt unnecessarily 

 long on tlie exposition of principles. But tliej may rest 

 assured that no method could have been devised more 

 certain, than a thorough acquaintance with them, to 

 shorten the road to knowledge. Without this, the utmost 

 diligence of the planter is being at sea without a compass. 

 Accurate practice and manual dexterity are soon acquired, 

 and can succeed only when made subservient to principles, 

 and to a careful study of those beautiful but simple 

 methods which nature pursues in perfecting her works. 



