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This trench must be partially filled with a compost made from ex 

 citing manures, and before using should be thoroughly decayed and 

 frequently turned over in the heap, so as to be well incorporated. 

 On this compost an inch or two of earth may be thrown, after which 

 scatter the seed thinl}^ but let it compass the entire width of the 

 trench. On the top of the seed, I throw coarse gray sand, such 

 as is used in making mortar. Sand remains perfectly friable, and 

 does not oppose the shooting stem of the young plants, when vege- 

 tation takes place in the ensuing spring, and it also prevents for a 

 time the growth of weeds, thereby permitting the seedlings to get 

 the start of foul stuff, which, with a little attention, they will maintain 

 throughout the season. The object of this peculiar cultivation, is 

 to force the seedlings into an average growth of two feet the first 

 summer, and by the first of August, they are all in fine budding- 

 condition, still growing rapidly ; the bark springs from the knife, 

 and affords ready admission to the bud, which if carefully inserted 

 will not lose five per cent. I have a field of plum seedlings bud- 

 ded the past season, which will average two and a half feet in 

 height, and scarcel}^ a bud exhibits symptoms of decay. The sub- 

 sequent culture is exceedingl}^ simple. The budded trees are per- 

 mitted to form their first seasons growth in the seed bed. Many 

 of them will attain the altitude of six and seven feet. The}' are 

 then transplanted into the nursery rows, where they may remain 

 one or two years ; all will, by the expiration of that time, be fit for 

 sale. If it were not for adopting this plan, my trees would cost 

 half a dollar each, to grow for market. 

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The ingredients which compose cottage architecture, are fitness, 

 (that is, the arrangement of the design in accordance with the 

 amount of money to be expended in such a manner as to produce 

 a corresponding degree of convenience with durability, utility, and 

 elegance.) Expression (of a character to betray the position and 



