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necessary to contain proper vessels in sufficient number, in 

 order to convey down the descending sap. In the same man- 

 ner, if low and spreading subjects be required — to crown, 

 for example, some bold eminence, or clothe its sloping 

 sides — the leader or leaders of the top may be headed 

 down, for that or similar objects ; and by skilfully repeat- 

 ing the operation from time to time, we shall produce or 

 continue what has been called the clump -headed charac- 

 ter. Let it not, however, be imagined that the mutila- 

 ting, or what is usually called the " lightening," of the tops 

 of trees is by any means intended. The system here re- 

 commended is radically and characteristically Peeseeya- 

 TIYE, and one of its striking merits consists in carefully 

 seconding, not counteracting the laws of nature. Her 

 exuberant efforts, indeed, may be sometimes discreetly 

 restrained, or specially directed, without producing those 

 unhappy consequences which never fail to flow from undue 

 violence, under whatever name it may be allowed to ope- 

 rate. It is by the former method alone, that the scientific 

 planter will communicate to his trees that particular 

 character which best suits his purpose, and thus be enabled 

 to confer both intricacy and variety on his landscapes. 



In ordering the useful nurseries here attempted to be 

 described, the size will, of course, depend on the scale of 

 the place, and the wants of the owner. Two acres, or 

 three at most, would probably suffice as a repository of 

 transplanting materials for pretty large places, with the 

 addition of such single trees as may always be found in 

 plantations of extent. But it is not necessary, nor would 

 it at all times be practicable, to set apart such a space of 

 woodland in one spot. More divisions, however, of this 

 sort of training ground are just as good as fewer, if the 

 requisite quantity be obtained on the whole, and be the ex- 

 tent what it may, provided a competent degree of healthful 



