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" up into healthy, vigorous trees, in far 

 " less time than they could have con- 

 " ceived possible ; while those left to un- 

 *' assisted nature, had only produced ir- 

 " regular, unhealthy shoots, and were 

 " a])parently in a state of decay." On 

 which we may shortly observe, that the 

 gardener, the woodman, and even the 

 hedger, well know, that such trees cut 

 down (though left to " unassisted nature") 

 seldom fail to shoot up most rapidly af- 

 terwards ; and they know, also, that when 

 they do not, it is occasioned by either a 

 defect in the root, the soil, or maltreat- 

 ment. 



\^\\?ii\\2idhappencd to the trees that pro- 

 duced only "irregular, unhealthy shoots," 

 we know not ; but we know many ways* 



* If it be asked what such ways are; the answer 

 is, they are already known ; (perhaps too well,) among 

 Gardeners, and we do not choose to instruct mankind 

 in the means of doing private mischief. 



