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  we 
  stop 
  to 
  think. 
  Stopping 
  to 
  think 
  is 
  rather 
  a 
  painful 
  process 
  

   and 
  gives 
  us 
  many 
  jolts, 
  but 
  it 
  has 
  its 
  rewards. 
  When 
  we 
  replace 
  

   our 
  worthless 
  hedge 
  plants 
  with 
  hazels 
  which 
  yield 
  heavy 
  annual 
  

   crops 
  of 
  valuable 
  nuts 
  we 
  shall 
  have 
  made 
  one 
  step 
  forward. 
  

  

  A 
  fine 
  hazel 
  is 
  the 
  Corylus 
  pontica. 
  The 
  shrub 
  in 
  itself 
  has 
  beauty, 
  

   and 
  it 
  bears 
  nuts 
  sometimes 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  average 
  shag- 
  

   bark 
  hickory. 
  The 
  kernel 
  is 
  of 
  good 
  quahty, 
  but 
  the 
  shell 
  is 
  sa 
  

   thick 
  that 
  these 
  nuts 
  are 
  chiefly 
  attractive 
  to 
  sciuirrels 
  and 
  to 
  men 
  

   who 
  are 
  out 
  of 
  work. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  nut 
  which 
  is 
  

   known 
  in 
  the 
  market 
  as 
  the 
  Barcelona 
  hazel, 
  but 
  I 
  imagine 
  the 
  

   plants 
  bearing 
  this 
  nut 
  are 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  Corylus 
  pontica. 
  (Spec- 
  

   imens 
  of 
  branches 
  and 
  nuts 
  of 
  various 
  species 
  and 
  varieties 
  of 
  hazels 
  

   are 
  now 
  passed 
  about 
  in 
  the 
  audience.) 
  The 
  nuts 
  are 
  beginning 
  to 
  

   ripen 
  in 
  this 
  first 
  week 
  in 
  September. 
  

  

  Hazels 
  do 
  not 
  come 
  true 
  to 
  parent 
  variety 
  from 
  seed, 
  and 
  con- 
  

   sequently 
  valuable 
  stock 
  is 
  propagated 
  by 
  budding, 
  by 
  grafting 
  or 
  

   by 
  layering. 
  

  

  Personally, 
  I 
  find 
  that 
  the 
  hazel 
  is 
  rather 
  easily 
  budded, 
  although 
  

   layering 
  is 
  the 
  method 
  for 
  propagation 
  of 
  choice 
  varieties 
  most 
  

   often 
  employed 
  in 
  Europe. 
  The 
  hazels 
  have 
  comparatively 
  few 
  

   insect 
  enemies, 
  but 
  mine 
  are 
  sometimes 
  attacked 
  destructively 
  by 
  

   the 
  elm 
  beetle 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  larvae 
  of 
  two 
  species 
  of 
  saw 
  flies 
  which 
  

   are 
  also 
  found 
  upon 
  the 
  elms. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  rather 
  curious 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  

   insects 
  should 
  recognize 
  a 
  similarity 
  between 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  the 
  hazels 
  

   and 
  of 
  the 
  elms, 
  which 
  are 
  somewhat 
  alike 
  in 
  general 
  appearance, 
  

   although 
  the 
  trees 
  are 
  of 
  widely 
  different 
  descent. 
  

  

  It 
  brings 
  up 
  an 
  interesting 
  question, 
  if 
  the 
  flying 
  parents 
  of 
  the 
  

   parasites 
  from 
  the 
  elm 
  are 
  attracted 
  by 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  hazel 
  

   leaves, 
  or 
  if 
  they 
  are 
  attracted 
  by 
  the 
  odor 
  or 
  other 
  characteristics. 
  

   Occasionally 
  the 
  exotic 
  hazels 
  are 
  attacked 
  by 
  various 
  leaf 
  blights 
  

   but 
  not 
  to 
  any 
  troublesome 
  extent 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  my 
  experience 
  goes, 
  up 
  

   to 
  the 
  present 
  time. 
  The 
  chief 
  predatory 
  elements 
  which 
  we 
  shall 
  

   have 
  to 
  meet 
  when 
  raising 
  hazels 
  are 
  squirrels, 
  white-footed 
  mice 
  

   and 
  the 
  neighbors' 
  children. 
  

  

  W. 
  C. 
  Reed: 
  May 
  I 
  ask. 
  Doctor, 
  what 
  you 
  bud 
  the 
  Byzantine 
  

  

  on? 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Morris: 
  I 
  am 
  budding 
  other 
  things 
  on 
  those 
  for 
  stocks. 
  

   I 
  bud 
  our 
  American 
  hazels 
  and 
  European 
  hazels 
  on 
  the 
  European 
  

   and 
  Asiatic 
  trees. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Rush 
  : 
  Do 
  you 
  know 
  anything 
  of 
  the 
  quality 
  of 
  that 
  nut? 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Morris 
  : 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  chief 
  hazel 
  in 
  parts 
  of 
  northern 
  Turkey, 
  

  

  