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mens. An adherence to this practice would save planters a 

 great deal of trouble, expense, and, more than all, that which 

 is of the greatest consequence — loss of time. And, as a 

 general rule, let us advise those who wish to plant in very ex- 

 posed situations, not to select too large trees. We well 

 know the mania of our countrymen for trees already grown 

 up, not having patience to wait for them. They may do 

 perfectly well in many localities, but when the situation is 

 bleak the safest are those of moderate size, even though they 

 were to cost the same money. 



In England, where hundreds of thousands of trees are 

 yearly planted for timber, they fully understand all the oper- 

 ations connected with the transplanting of evergreens. We 

 have recently perused a small practical work upon plant- 

 ing evergreen trees, particularly pines, &c., published by 

 Messrs. Standish and Noble, extensive nurserymen, and so 

 appropriate are their remarks to our own climate, as well as 

 that of England, that we have thought them fully as in- 

 structive as any we might offer of our own. The nicety of 

 the operation, as compared with our hasty method of trans- 

 planting, shows how much is gained when the work is en- 

 trusted to the hands of skilful men. We select the remarks 

 on soil and planting : — 



'= Soil. — Naturally, pines do not affect deep or rich soils : 

 dry mountainous districts are their favorite habitats. Some 

 few species are, however, found to prefer deep and fertile 

 soils, amongst which several of the Abies are conspicuous. 

 In cultivation, a general uniformity of soil is found to be pro- 

 ductive of satisfactory results ; but in planting large districts, 

 presenting a diversity of soil and situation, a selection of the 

 most suitable species for each will not only be desirable but 

 necessary. For although all, or nearly all, the species will 

 succeed well in a similarity of soil and situation of a favora- 

 ble character, such, for instance, as would be afforded them 

 in a collection of the different species constituting a Pinetum, 

 there are only certain kinds that could be advantageously 

 employed under adverse circumstances, as on barren hills, or 

 marshy districts, or on the sea coast. 



