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building, or, in modern phrase, a " Grecian" house, having a Doric 

 portico with four columns ; I therefore conceived that a similar lodge, 

 having a covered porch in front, with six Tuscan ones, would not be 

 unappropriate. Others may prefer trellis-work as handsomer, or more 

 fashionable ; but both styles have great effect when opposed to wood. 

 To the pupils of the Preservative School — who, I am glad to observe, 

 (October 1828,) are daily becoming more numerous in England — the 

 interest of this little picture may perhaps be increased, when they are 

 told that it is of late formation, having had no existence till 1822 ; and 

 that in the spring of that year, and of 1823 together, the whole was 

 produced by the transplanting-machine within a few weeks. 



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Although from the estimate given in the text it appears that, by the 

 common method of planting, park-wood may be obtained at thirteen 

 times the expense of wood obtained at once by the transplanting- 

 machine, yet I believe, if full justice were done to the comparative 

 statement, that the superiority of the latter would appear still greater. 



There are many items which have been omitted here that would tell 

 surprisingly in a correct estimate. For example, independently of the 

 immediate and picturesque effect of the removed trees, on which no value 

 has been put, there is great beneficial effect, for which something con- 

 siderable should have been allowed — first, in the direct shelter given 

 to the ground by this plantation; and secondly, by the immediately 

 increased value in pasture, in consequence of the grass produce round 

 each tree to a wide distance being doubled. This the manuring and 

 pulverising of the soil, at the time of planting, completely brought 

 about in the instance adduced ; and as those enriched spaces nearly 

 touch, the pasture of the entire ground planted was fairly doubled, 

 and must continue so for many years — until the roots exhaust the 

 ground, or the branches overshadow it. On the other hand, although 

 the expense of renewing the railing has been stated, yet no charge is 

 made for keeping up the fence for thirty years. Other items might be 

 mentioned, such as the inconsiderable value of the thinnings of the 

 wood, under this head ; because the opening up must be performed at 

 an early period, and continued to wide distances, on account of the 

 severe exposure of the site, and the conferring on the trees that are to 

 remain the protecting properties. 



The truth is, that it is utterly impossible to procure such profusion 

 of park-wood as is desirable round a nobleman's or gentleman's resi- 

 dence at a moderate cost, except by the transplanting-machine. The 



