The Rescue of an Old Place 



English Oaks grow rapidly from acorns, 

 and we have a fine group of Chestnuts, 

 transplanted when fifteen feet high, that 

 grow well after being cut back sternly 

 when set. Though much beset by insects, 

 they are now firmly established, having 

 been planted in the autumn of 1888. In 

 this same moist, rich soil we have also had 

 very good success with that difficult tree 

 to move, the Hemlock ; and the Tulip-tree 

 and the Mulberry also flourish, though 

 the tender young branches of the latter 

 suffered after the last two warm winters, 

 dying back badly. 

 climbing To get all this young family started, 

 as may be imagined, took a great deal of 

 time, and much subsequent attention, one 

 favorable result of which is that from con- 

 stant clambering up the steep hill, which 

 was at first a breathless piece of business, 

 our lungs have developed co such a de- 

 gree that we are disposed to recommend 

 the cultivation of a forest on a slope to all 

 such as, like Hamlet, are " fat and scant 

 of breath," for the fine stimulus it proves 

 to the action of the heart. 



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