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Acacia, 



Elm, 



Chesniit, 



While Pine, - 



Spruce, 



Larch, 



No account is here given of the oak, but Loudon, and other 

 writers, give the average of its growth, upon a medium soil, as 

 from 30 to 50 feet, in the same period. The above table is an 

 account of English growth, but it corresponds, perfectly, with 

 the results of our own observation and experience in Massa- 

 chusetts. We have quoted this table as an incentive to tree 

 planting. Even if we are indisposed to recreate the forests 

 which have been wasted, we may, some of us, be induced to 

 adorn the road-sides, near our dwellings, with trees. As they 

 grow in size, from year to year, they creep into our hearts' best 

 affections. Our associations become connected with them ; our 

 children grow up with them, and learn to love them, and our 

 children's children may enjoy their shade, and gambol beneath 

 them. Indeed, as compared with the life of man, the tree 

 which he plants soon assumes a superiority over him. From 

 his tender nursing, it springs into existence, and becomes his 

 shelter and his protection, and will continue to shelter succeed- 

 ing generations long after he is gone and forgotten. The tree, 

 under which Washington stood, when he first drew his sword 

 to take command of the army, at Cambridge, is still vigorous 

 and flourishing as ever, while all of that gallant band of patri- 

 ots have passed away. 



RICHARD S. FAY, Chairman. 



An Essay on destroying Weeds. 



BY ANDREW NICHOLS. 



The best and most economical means of destroying weeds, 

 shrubs, bushes, briars, and all the tribe of plants out of place. 



