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Trees, remarks of the Hemlock : " It would not be exag- 

 geration to pronounce this the most beautiful evergreen in 

 cultivation. Beautiful as many of the new pines are, few 

 approach this. It has regularity without formality, and, 

 in any point of view, elegance and gracefulness, Its habit 

 is frequently so erect as to approach the fastigiate ; yet 

 the ends of its branches are as pendulous as a Babylonian 

 Willow. Its color is not of that mournful cast so common 

 to other PinaceaB, nor of that consumptive looking hue so 

 connected with sickliness. Stepping between these it is 

 suggestive of innocence and lightness, which cannot fail 

 to attract admirers for it in whatever situation it is placed. 

 It will make the prettiest object when grown by itself, but 

 it is a tree that has no aversion to company." 



Many cultivators have an idea that it is exceedingly dif- 

 ficult to remove, and on this account have neglected it ; 

 but frequent practice for many years has assured us that 

 no Conifer, taken from the nursery row or from cultivated 

 grounds, will better sustain a removal than the one we are 

 now describing. 



It is true that young plants carelessly dug in their na- 

 tive haunts, that are most likely partially or wholly shad- 

 ed, and unprovided with a sufficient supply of delicate 

 fibrous roots, will almost certainly refuse to live ; but if 

 small seedlings about one foot high be selected and care- 

 fully taken up and removed to a light mellow piece of 

 ground that is shaded naturally, or by artificial means, 

 success will be the result. 



A great mistake is continually being made by planting 

 the Hemlock in dry situations ; for while it cannot thrive 

 in wet and swampy ground, it greatly prefers a rather 

 moist, deep, loamy soil and cool location, the better if par- 

 tially shaded. In such spots the beauty of the foliage and 

 luxuriant growth speedily develop themselves in the high- 

 est degree. 



According to Michaux, the value of the Hemlock tim- 



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