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A treatise on forest-trees containing not only the best methods of their culture hitherto practised, but a variety of new and useful discoveries, the Result of many repeated Experiments: As also Plain Directions for removing most of the valuable Kinds of Forest-Trees, to the Height of Thirty Feet and upwards, with certain Success; and, On the same Principles, (with as certain Success) for transplanting Hedges of sundry Kinds, which will at once resist Cattle: To which are added, directions for the disposition, Planting, and Culture of hedges, by observing which, they will be handsomer and stronger Fences in Five Years, than they now usually are in Ten. By William Boutcher, Nurseryman, At Comely-Garden, Edinburgh.

Title
A treatise on forest-trees [electronic resource] : containing not only the best methods of their culture hitherto practised, but a variety of new and useful discoveries, the Result of many repeated Experiments: As also Plain Directions for removing most of the valuable Kinds of Forest-Trees, to the Height of Thirty Feet and upwards, with certain Success; and, On the same Principles, (with as certain Success) for transplanting Hedges of sundry Kinds, which will at once resist Cattle: To which are added, directions for the disposition, Planting, and Culture of hedges, by observing which, they will be handsomer and stronger Fences in Five Years, than they now usually are in Ten. By William Boutcher, Nurseryman, At Comely-Garden, Edinburgh.
Author
Boutcher, William.
Publication
Dublin : printed for William Wilson, Dame-Street, and John Exshaw, Grafton-Street, MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]

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Description
[4],xxviii,[4],307,[1]p.,plate; 8⁰.
Subject
  • Trees
  • Hedges
  • Forests and forestry
Note
  • Reproduction of original from British Library.
Indexed In (note)
  • Henrey
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 642280171
  • ECCO1-T112056
Author
Boutcher, William.
Title
A treatise on forest-trees [electronic resource] : containing not only the best methods of their culture hitherto practised, but a variety of new and useful discoveries, the Result of many repeated Experiments: As also Plain Directions for removing most of the valuable Kinds of Forest-Trees, to the Height of Thirty Feet and upwards, with certain Success; and, On the same Principles, (with as certain Success) for transplanting Hedges of sundry Kinds, which will at once resist Cattle: To which are added, directions for the disposition, Planting, and Culture of hedges, by observing which, they will be handsomer and stronger Fences in Five Years, than they now usually are in Ten. By William Boutcher, Nurseryman, At Comely-Garden, Edinburgh.
Imprint
Dublin : printed for William Wilson, Dame-Street, and John Exshaw, Grafton-Street, MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]
Edition
The third edition.
Indexed In:
Henrey, 479
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexed In:
English Short Title Catalog, T112056.
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Place of Publication
Ireland Dublin.
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