On the Perversity of Certain Trees 



very distinguished success ; and some of 

 them gave us advice, and others gave us 

 trees, which were even more to the pur- 

 pose; and they kindly encouraged our 

 efforts, and took an interest in what we 

 were doing that sustained and cheered us 

 on our way. 



No one's experience, either in books or we try our 

 in real life, proves to be exactly like our ' 

 own, so that we feel that we have had the 

 benefit of an original experiment. Only 

 time can fully reveal where our mistakes 

 lie, for it alone can show whether we have 

 planted not wisely or too well. 

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