The publication of Sir Henry Steuart's Planter's Guide has given a considerable stimulus to the transplanting of large trees; viz., trees of from fifteen to thirty years' growth, and from 20 to 40 ft. high. We could not help noticing the practice of some proprietors, who, while they neglected their young plantations, or managed them improperly, could yet afford to expend time and money in transplanting large trees; which is about in as good taste and judgment, as if a man were to commence ornamenting the walls of his house before he had roofed it in. We have seen some parks in Dumfries and Kirkcudbright shires, and we could mention one in Ayrshire, recently sprinkled over with trees, in imitation of Sir Henry Steuart's manner, in superlatively bad taste. We recollect only one instance in which an attempt was made to group the trees, and to add shrubs to them; but the individuals composing these groups were placed too far apart, and the effect, in consequence, was in a great measure lost.
