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grow in abundance, and taken up the little trees, two years 

 old, with the greatest care, taken off the tap-root, and placed 

 them in the positions where I wished them to grow, where 

 they were protected by other trees around them or by artificial 

 protection, and they grew beautifully. If you cutoff the tap- 

 root, and let the tree stand for a couple of years, you can 

 remove it, and it will grow better, perhaps, than if left in its 

 native forest, and you can remove it with perfect safety and 

 success to any part of your grounds. It seldom foils, if 

 removed at the right time and with proper care, and makes 

 one of the most beautiful trees. 



There are one or two other matters in which I have had a great 

 deal of experience. I must differ from Mr. Emerson in regard 

 to one, and that is with respect to European and native trees. 

 I imported, as I sa}--, a large number of European trees, and 

 planted them. It ma}' be that location makes a difference, 

 but I am strongly of the opinion that it is dangerous to plant 

 European trees instead of American. If one wishes to have 

 a variety of trees about his place, by all means let him plant 

 European trees. I agree with what Mr. Emerson says in 

 regard to the beauty of their foliage as compared with ours ; 

 but when he plants a European tree, let him plant an American 

 tree of the same kind sufficiently near to take the place of the 

 other. The late Peter C. Brooks, I have been informed, 

 imported a large number of English oaks, or planted them 

 from the seed, iu his grounds, and they grew to large size 

 and great beauty. They were iu as beautiful a place as could 

 be ; but all of a sudden, in one or two years, every one of 

 them, which were large and splendid trees, died, for no 

 apparent reason. 



Now, in regard to other foreign trees. Mr. George W. 

 Lyman has upon his place a magnificent old English elm, 

 planted by his father. By the side of it he has a superb 

 American elm, planted at the same time, and very likely for 

 the purpose of making that experiment, by old Mr. Lyman. 

 They grew there for perhaps three-quarters of a century with 

 equal beauty, the American and the English, — two beautiful 

 trees. But if you go there to-day, you will see that the 

 American elm is in perfect condition, while the English elm 

 has lost much of its head. 



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