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use in their farm-buildings. I desire to illustrate this one 

 point : twentj'-six years ago last spring I planted the 

 European larch that has been spoken of, and this last sum- 

 mer of 1880 I cut some of them down ; and many of them 

 yielded timber which squared eight by ten inches, and was 

 thirty feet long. I used those larches in my buildings, and 

 they were the best timber I ever had. This shows how 

 rapidly the European larch will grow under favorable cir- 

 cumstances. I had the pleasure of them when they were 

 ornamental trees, and now I have the use of them in my 

 buildings. I speak of this, that these farmers may know 

 that they can plant ornamental trees about their buildings, 

 which will ultimately be of great value in the buildings 

 themselves. I have noticed about Southborough, white 

 pines, which have been planted for ornamental purposes, 

 that would make good, respectable saw-logs. There is no 

 tree more easily transplanted than the white pine, if trans- 

 planted under the right cii'cumstances, and in the right 

 condition. They are easily raised from seed, and grow very 

 rapidly ; and, if transplanted when they are young, no 

 difficulty will be experienced in growmg white pines to 

 advantage. 



In 1846 I planted some pines to shelter my buildings from 

 the wind. They are some five hundred feet above tide- 

 water, and north-east storms beat upon them fearfull}*. I 

 did not like the feeling of the wind, and so, a little distance 

 off, I planted some white pines, and they have been a great 

 satisfaction to me for the last thirty years. The}'' are now 

 good saw-logs, and I have no doubt my friend Hyde would 

 sell them at auction at a good price. 



In regard to the introduction of trees from China, Japan, 

 and the Rocky Mountains, of which the essay speaks, I have 

 growing on my place some of those trees, and I am particu- 

 larly pleased with their growth. I have on trial a number 

 of the trees mentioned in the essay, and, as far as I am able 

 to judge, I fully accord with what jNIr. Robinson says. The 

 trees and shrubs of Japan will do well with us : they seem 

 to thiive as though they were native to our soil. Of the 

 trees and shrubs he has spoken of, which I have growing, I 

 woidd particularly mention the Japan larch, which is not as 

 strong a grower as the European larch, but it has a very 



