MIN. XXIX. Inftance of an illplaced River Break, 397. XXX. On tracing' Lines of View between unfee XXXI. Farther Remarks on leaving a fingle Tree, near the Margin of a Mafs of Wood, 398. XXXII. Of the Effect of Viftas, on the Objects feen XXXIII. On Points of View, in real and reprefented Scenery, On Laying-out Places of View. On Defigning Relieves of Shrubs. XXXVI. On the Ufe of falfe Plants, in proving a Defign, and facilitating the Bufinefs of Planting, 404. Farther Improvements of TAYMOUTH fuggested. ADVER- ADVERTISEMENT. T HE Intention of this Publication is to bring into one point of view, and arrange in a compendious form, the Art of Planting and Laying-out Plantations: an art which, though in itself a unity, has hitherto been treated of as two distinct subjects. Books on Planting we have many; and those on Ornamental Gardening are not lefs numerous; but a Practical Treatife, comprehending the entire fubject of conducting Rural Improve ments, upon the principles of modern taste, has not hitherto appeared in public. This circumftance, however, is the lefs to be wondered at, as the man of business and the man of taste are rarely united in the fame person. There are many Nurserymen who are intimately acquainted with the various methods of propagating trees and fhrubs; and many Gentlemen b 4 he Gentlemen whofe natural tafte, reading, and observation enable them to form just ideas of rural embellishment; but where shall we find the Nurseryman who is capable of striking out the great defign, or the Gentleman equal to the management of every tree and fhrub may wish to affemble in his collection? To proceed one step farther, where is the Gentleman, or the Nurseryman, who is fufficiently converfant in the training of Woodlands, Hedges, and the more useful Plantations? In fine, where fhall we look for the man who in the fame perfon unites the Nurseryman, the Woodman, the Ornamentalist, and the Author? We know no fuch man the reader, therefore, must not be difappointed when he finds, that, in treating of exotic trees and fhrubs, the works of preceding writers have been made use of. Cook is our firft writer on Planting; nevertheless EVELYN has been ftyled the Father of Planting in England. It is probable that, in the early part of life, EVELYN was a practical planter, upon his estate at Wotton in Surrey; but his book was written in the wane wane of life, at Greenwich, during a long and painful fit of the gout. His Sylva contains many practical rules, valuable, no doubt, in his day, but now fuperfeded by modern prac tice; and may be faid to lie buried in a farrago of traditional tales, and learned digreffions, fuited to the age he lived in *. he lived in *. MILLER at length arofe among a group of minor planters; and after him the indefatigable HANBURY, whofe immenfe labours are in a manner loft to the Public. COOK and EVELYN treated profeffedly of FOREST TREES, MILLER and HANBURY include ORNAMENTALS; but their works, which are voluminous and expensive, also include kitchen gardening, flower gardening, the management of greenhouses, stoves, &c. &c. the propagation of trees and shrubs, adapted to the open air of this climate, forming only a small portion of their respective publications. MILLER The first Edition was printed in 1664. MILLER and HANBURY, however, are the only writers who could afford us the required affiftance; and we were led to a choice of the latter, as our chief authority, by three principal motives :-HANBURY wrote fince MILLER, and, having made ample use of Mr. M.'s book, his work contains, in effect, the experience of both writers: MILLER is in the hands of moft Gentlemen; HANBURY is known to few; his book, either through a want of method, a want of language, or through an ill judged plan of publishing on his own account, has never fold: and lastly, MILLER'S botanical arrangement is become obfolete; HANBURY'S is agreeable to the Linnean fyftem. SINCE MR. HANBURY's death, the Public have been favored with a new and fumptuous edition of EVELYN's Sylva; with notes by Dr. HUNTER of York, confifting of botanical defcriptions, and the modern propagation of fuch trees as EVELYN has treated of. These notes, however, contain little new information; the defcriptions being principally copied from MILLER, and the practical directions from HANBURY. |