The 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 Geneneral Arboriculture, on Fixed and Phytological Principles; Interspersed With Observations on General.

Henry Steuart

ISBN 10: 0461725584 / ISBN 13: 9780461725582

Published by HardPress Ltd, 2020

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• Title: The 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 Geneneral Arboriculture, on Fixed and Phytological Principles; Interspersed With Observations on General.
• Publisher: HardPress Ltd
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461725584
• ISBN 13: 9780461725582
• Binding: Paperback / softback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 526 grams

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The Planter's Guide by Sir Henry Steuart. This volume presents a science-informed manual for arboriculture, focusing on giving immediate effect to wood through the removal of large trees and underwood. Steuart contrasts the traditional mutilating practice of cutting tops and ties with a preservative method that preserves the tree’s health, foliage, and form. It offers a historical survey of transplanting from Antiquity to modern times, and articulates a new theory grounded in vegetable physiology: trees possess protecting properties (thickness of bark, stem girth, extensive root systems, and balanced branching) which determine their adaptability to exposed conditions. The work then outlines a comprehensive program: selection of subjects, soil preparation, and transplanting nurseries; taking up, transporting, and planting trees using mechanized equipment; and afterwork, including watering, composting, and ground-cover strategies to ensure rapid establishment. It includes practical case studies (Allanton, Jordanhill, Ibroxhill, Linthouse, Abbotsford) and a Highland Society report, and argues for institutionalizing arboricultural science in Britain. The book blends theory, methodology, and a case for professionalizing landscape planting.