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After all that has been said, please do not misunderstand me. I 

 do not say that all tree agents are what they should be, but I do 

 say that a good, high-minded one, who is clear-headed and who 

 understands his business, is a misswiiary in his line of labor, and 

 ever}'^ fruit-grower should encourage him. 



Did the buyer study his own wants closer, learn to discriminate 

 between what is real and true from what is false and harmful, 

 encourage the earnest and honest endeavor wherever found, it would 

 be very helpful in each direction. The doctrine of brotherly love 

 is working its way along, but the country is still in need of it in 

 many places. The doctrine of universal chirit}' has not yet 

 extended to all the recesses of our nature s. Let us not forget that 

 in humanity, all are friends, all are brothers. 



As has before bee i stated, men in buying trees, do not always 

 get what they order, and oftener do not take care of what they do 

 get. Why, I have known bundl s of trees after proper and accepted 

 delivery, lay a week in the bundle unattended to, aud then the 

 owner complained of the stock Many, ignorant themselves of the 

 care aud culture of trees do the best they can, however, sometimes 

 even employing the services of a professional gardener, who like 

 some religious sectarian, professes too much, — and this gardener 

 goes aud puts unsuitable dressing around the roots of the weeping 

 birches, and when the proprietor comes to look at his trees, as the 

 time draws near for them to be in leaf, — he weeps himself, for the 

 money he has paid to that miserable tree-man for nothing : and 

 too, after he has employed the services of a professional. 



Well, we who love the study of Pomology and Horticulture, will, 

 bye and bye become better acquainted with the culture of trees and 

 plants, as well as the way in which to procure them ; for whoever 

 has a bit of sunshine in his heart, loves such care, next to the care 

 of his family, and needy humanity. 



