The Rescue of an Old Place 



pleasant odor ? And if there is such a 

 deterrent, where should it be applied 

 on the very top of the leader, or at the 

 place where the new shoots start from the 

 old year's growth ? 



When a person sets out to plant a tree 

 ?KS of' or two he scarcely bargains for having the 

 ****' study of entomology thrown in, with a 

 course of chemistry into the bargain, not 

 to mention toxicology, and the trade of 

 wholesale murder, until he might as well 

 begin the career of gardener by serving 

 an apprenticeship to the Czar of Russia. 

 I am horrified by the bloodthirstiness de- 

 veloped by this seemingly innocent diver- 

 sion j still, this but confirms the view of 

 pleasures before quoted. Indeed I am not 

 sure but there is an opening for an essay 

 on the Dangerous Moral Tendencies of 

 Gardening. The only objection to it is, 

 that if the Legislature of Massachusetts 

 got wind of such a thing it would pass 

 a law which might prove inconvenient. 

 There are advantages in having your 

 morals legislated about by a paternal, not 

 to say puritanically paternal, government, 

 but there are drawbacks also one does 

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