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Besides, there is great pleasure to be derived 

 from watching each year s luxuriant growth. 

 The gratification which immediate shade is 

 calculated to afford, is more than balanced 

 by the pride we feel in pointing to a thriving 

 tree which, but a few years ago, we could 

 have put into our coat pocket. 



18. Where trees have to be procured from 

 a distance, or a nursery in general, young 

 trees should always be preferred. The haste 

 unavoidable in a nursery at the planting sea 

 son, is unfavorable to great care in lifting 

 them ; while the readiness with which small 

 trees can be taken up, and the facilities they 

 afford for careful packing, is a powerful ar 

 gument in their favor. 



V. THE BEST SEASON TO PLANT. 



19. When the principles of successful 

 planting are understood, trees can be removed 

 at any time. A tree on being transplanted 

 is, in some respects, in the condition of a 

 cutting. Let us inquire, then, what are the 

 principles of propagation ? 



20. Cuttings are taken generally from half 



