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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 



