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worthless. Thus, all these grafted trees be- 

 come at once unsaleable, and their value sinks 

 even lower than that of good thrifty stocks of 

 the same age; for many of them will hardly 

 out-grow the severe discipline of another 

 grafting. 



Whoever contemplates engaging in this bu- 

 siness, must also bear in mind, that the faith- 

 fulness and ingenuity without which a very 

 considerable part of the work were better not 

 done, cannot be commanded at the ordinary 

 prices for which an Irishman will shovel 

 gravel. So true is it that the more of intellect 

 or of other qualifications is required of labor, 

 the more exacting does it become. You must 

 pay for a two-footed simpleton more than 

 for a horse, for an American more than for 

 an Irishman, for mechanical labor more 

 than for field work, for professional services 

 still more, and so on. 



It will be seen at once then, that, under 

 these circumstances, a nursery -man, who is 

 his own foreman and labors constantly in the 

 field with his men, might support his family 

 by the business, while another, of more gen- 

 teel ideas, would find it difficult to live by it. 



And there is another strong reason for this 



