PLANTER'S GUIDE;

OR,

A PRACTICAL ESSAY

ON THE BEST METHOD OF

GIVING IMMEDIATE EFFECT TO WOOD,

BY THE REMOVAL OF

LARGE TREES AND UNDERWOOD;

BEING AN ATTEMPT

TO PLACE THE ART, AND THAT OF GENERAL ARBORICULTURE, ON FIXED
AND PHYTOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES;

INTERSPERSED WITH

OBSERVATIONS ON GENERAL PLANTING,

AND THE

IMPROVEMENT OF REAL LANDSCAPE.

ORIGINALLY INTENDED FOR THE CLIMATE OF SCOTLAND.

BY SIR HENRY STEUART, Bart.

LL. D. F. R. S. E. ETC.

Imitetur ars Naturam, et quod ea desiderat inveniat, quod ostend it sequatur.
CIC. AD HERENN. III.

FIRST AMERICAN,

FROM THE SECOND LONDON AND EDINBURGH EDITION.

NEW-YORK:

PUBLISHED BY G. THORBURN AND SONS,

AND SOLD

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