William Marshall ‎(‎1745‎-1818‎)‎‎,‎ an experienced farmer and land agent‎,‎ published this work in 1795‎,‎ and early in 1796 produced a second edition ‎(‎reissued here‎)‎‎,‎ ‎'‎with large additions‎'‎‎.‎ The two‎-volume work was intended as a practical guide for the owners or managers of large estates on how to establish and maintain timber plantations‎,‎ both for their financial value and also as important decorative elements in the landscaping of the surroundings of the owner‎'‎s house‎.‎ The work covers the practical issues of planting‎,‎ propagating and transplanting‎,‎ and discusses the choice of trees for different commercial purposes‎,‎ and the planning and maintenance of hedgerows‎,‎ as well as ornamental buildings‎.‎ Volume 2 begins with an account of the Linnaean system of plant classification and its sexual basis‎,‎ and supplies both an alphabetical list of trees and shrubs in their Latin Linnaean classes‎,‎ and an index of plants under their English names‎.‎