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tion ; and I would give a great deal if I had tlie experience 

 of my friend Manning. It has been my privilege through 

 life to derive from other people the fruits of their experi- 

 ence, and what I give you, you understand, is not what I 

 have learned from raising trees myself; but I have endeav- 

 ored to associate myself with men of experience, of good 

 powers of observation, and I have tried to derive from them 

 all that was good and useful, and it is by that light that I 

 am guided in my conduct and in my business. 



The discussion this morning was somewhat desultory, in 

 so far as I was concerned, and I am fearful tliat the people 

 Avent away with a false impression as to certain particulars. 

 I did not attempt to create a party, as I might say, in favor 

 of raising what is called " wheelwright stock," but you will 

 remember, some of you, that I alluded to the fact that Mi\ 

 Slade, in his very enteitaining paper, had gone quite exten- 

 sively into the subject of raising the white pine, and I 

 wanted it understood that there were other kinds of trees 

 which, in other places, might be raised profitably, and I 

 have known gentlemen who have realized great profit in 

 raisins: the stock which we call " wheelwriijht stock." When 

 a tree suitable for such purposes is four, five or six inches in 

 diameter, it has quite a material value, if a man is where he 

 is near a market ; if he is at a distance from a market, it is 

 not so easily disposed of. I admit that there are disadvan- 

 tages, evils and troubles incident to all things in this life. 

 You will find them in cultivatins; forest trees as much as in 

 raising sheep or cattle, or any other thing that occupies the 

 attention of our farmers. 



Now, there has been something said about the Scotch 

 larch. I have had an opportunity to think over the suc- 

 cesses of gentlemen in cultivating that tree. As has been 

 said by Mr. Hadvven, I think that the peculiarity of the 

 Scotch larch is that its growth is so uniform that you c:ni 

 get a stick of timber that will square almost as much at the 

 top as at the butt. Consequently, there is less waste m ite- 

 rial in preparing it for timber purposes. It is an exceed- 

 ingly dural)le timber, also. The congener of it is our hac- 

 matack. The American larch is not so durable timber nor 

 so useful as the European larch, but I have known cases 



