On Naval Timber and Arboriculture / With Critical Notes on Authors who have Recently Treated the Subject of Planting

NAVAL TIMBER
AND
ARBORICULTURE;
WITH CRITICAL NOTES ON AUTHORS WHO HAVE RECENTLY TREATED THE SUBJECT OF
PLANTING.
BY PATRICK MATTHEW.
LONDON:
LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN; AND ADAM BLACK, EDINBURGH.
MDCCCXXXI.
NEILL & CO. PRINTERS,
Old Fishmarket, Edinburgh.
It may be thought presumptuous in a person who has never had the curiosity to peruse the British classic authors on planting and timber—E VELYN , H ANBURY , M ARSHALL , M ILLER , P ONTEY —to make experiment of the public sufferance. The author does not, however, think any apology necessary; as, if the public lose time unprofitably over his pages, he considers the blame attachable to them, not to him. A writer does not obtrude as a speaker does, but merely places his thoughts within reach.