148 THE PRACTICAL PLANTER. 



may overtake the others in growth, and af- 

 terwards keep pace with them, if possible. 



And here I cannot avoid remarking the 

 almost universal error which prevails in beet- 

 ing with large plants, in all cases, that the 

 plantation may more immediately appear 

 complete. Could we stifle prejudice, and 

 appeal to impartiality, nor close our eyes 

 from the light which so forcibly beams upon 

 them, we would at once discover, that this, 

 namely, planting large plants, not only chiefly 

 occasions beeting at all, but, in this case, 

 renders it necessary for many successive 

 years. 



