CRUICKSHANK, Thomas.

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The Practical Planter: First edition of the author's forestry manual, which includes Sir Henry Stuart's account "of giving immediate effect to wood". Thomas Cruickshank's work examines the cultivation, management, and properties of various types of trees native to the British Isles. Cruickshank describes himself as a "Forester at Careston", a small hamlet on the eastern coast of Scotland. He dedicates the work to James Duff, 4th Earl Fife (1776-1857), and notes that his text was "The result of experience chiefly acquired in his Lordship's service" (p. iii).

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