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the bush-planting, as neither manure nor preparation ot 

 the soil was necessary, from the fine mould always to be 

 found under the shade of furze ; and, moreover, as the 

 plants and stools were obtained from the adjoining plan- 

 tations, the expense was very moderate, amounting to 

 considerably less than the one-half of that of the grove- 

 wood. 



I believe it is needless to add any more on the subject 

 of expense ; and I should not have dwelt upon it at so 

 much length, had it not been for the pains that have 

 been taken, and the falsehoods that have been propagated, 

 in order to bring the art into disrepute, by representing it 

 as a costly wonder, not as a practice which is calculated 

 to be useful. 



It were easy to quote, were it necessary, the example of 

 other friends, who, on being made aware of the principles 

 by which the preservative system is regulated, have made 

 admirable and successful efforts to apply them to practice. 

 But it would only prove what, I trust, every candid reader 

 will consider as proved already — that is, that wood of all 

 kinds, on the preservative system, has been transferred at 

 this place, and may any where else be transferred by 

 others, at a moderate expense ; that the larger trees 

 usually removed here, being from twenty-five to thirty- 

 five feet high, may be managed, with expert and expe- 

 rienced workmen, for from 10s. to 13s. each, at half a 

 mile's distance ; and the smaller, being from eighteen to 

 five-and-twenty feet, for from 6s. to 8s. With workmen 

 awkward, or inexperienced, it will not seem surprising 

 were it to require a half more at first, or even double those 

 sums, in order to follow out the practice which has been 

 recommended. For close plantations, or for bush-plant- 

 ing in the park, the trees may be transferred for about 

 3s. 6d., and the stools of underwood for from Is. to 2s. 



