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the roots; that as many days old as the moon is 

 when trees are planted so many years it will be 

 before the trees bear; that weeping trees are made 

 by inserting the buds or grafts upside down; that 

 he has seen his uncle (who was a * 'gardner in the 

 old country" perhaps) graft apples in the elms, but 

 admits that the fruit was inferior; that evergreens 

 should be planted in June (the very month in all 

 the year when they should not be moved) that 

 trees late in coming into bearing ' 'need iron' ' and 

 he drives them full of rusty nails; in short if aught 

 is amiss with anybody or anything, "Baith their 

 disease and what' 11 mend it, at once he tells it. " 

 He is a well meaning person, his advice is always 

 voluntary, positive, and positively gratuitous but 

 in the ordinary, practical walks of life, and espe- 

 cially in this line we should kindly decline his 

 services, and struggle along as best we may with- 

 out him. 



