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ing forth this season, becoming stinted, hide- 

 bound, languishing, and finally perishing 

 the next ! How different the pleasure of 

 beholding a healthy, cheerful, vigorous, 

 young plant, " doubling its stature each 

 year?" 



Nevertheless, for this purpose, immediate 

 figure where the soil is good, and the situa- 

 tion sheltered, there is a medium which may 

 be deemed happy. 



Deciduous trees of all kinds, except the 

 Larch, of from three to five feet in height, 

 being carefully raised with good roots, will 

 generally succeed. I have already shown, 

 that a one year seedling Larch, nursed one, 

 or at most two years, will outdo all others of 

 its kind in any soil or situation, and there- 

 fore advise planting of this age only. Firs 

 of any kind will succeed better, if under 

 than above thirty inches ; even in the most 

 favourable soil and situation. Most gene- 

 rally, those of fifteen or eighteen inches in 

 height are to be preferred. 



From this view of the subject, it may 

 occur to some, that to plant seedlings only 

 would be the most advisable and least ex- 



