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THE PLANTER S GUIDE. 



watering ; and ^Yhen I saw, in July last, the trees of the 

 present year, tliej all carried a healthy leaf, and promised 

 to succeed admirably. 



The plantations of Lee not having been thinned to 

 wide distances, this ingenious planter was much limited 

 in his choice of subjects ; and although what he has 

 selected are very handsome and stately plants, they are 

 yet somewhat deficient in the protecting properties, and 

 consequently in fitness for the open field. He must not, 

 therefore, be surprised or discouraged, if, according to the 

 important doctrine stated in section V.,'" the trees should 

 become stationary for a few years, instead of being pro- 

 gressive, until, as I have said in the passage alluded to, 

 these properties are supplied by time, and this deficiency 

 is made up. The effort of Mr Hamilton, nevertheless, is 

 spirited and meritorious ; and it serves to show what 

 may be done by the diligence and attention of a single 

 individual, who, with very cursory instructions from me, 

 and with no assistance from experienced workmen, has 

 been able to give immediate effect to wood in a manner 

 so creditable to himself, and at so small an expense to his 

 employer. 



The fifth person to whom I shall refer is a particular 

 friend of mine, in whose transplanting experiments I have 

 had some concern, and on that account I can speak of 

 them more particularly, and from personal knowledge : 

 this is William Elhot Lockhart, Esq. of Cleghorn, repre- 

 sentative in parliament for the county of Selkirk, and 

 whose residence is at Cleghorn House, in Lanarkshire. 



Cleghorn is situated on the steep and romantic banks 

 of the river Mouse, which falls into the Clyde a little 

 below the town of Lanark. The banks of this stream. 



* Pp. 120, 121. 



