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wood growing in tlieir neighborhood ; or, where particular kinds 

 not to be found there, were necessary for the manufactures 

 already established, they have been satisfied to import them from 

 a distance. In very few instances, have systematic efforts been 

 made to provide a future supply of the best materials, in their 

 own immediate vicinity. This is to be done. The individuals 

 interested in a particular branch of manufacture may say, that 

 when materials fail them in one place, they will go to another. 

 The owners of the land ought not to rest satisfied with this view 

 of the case. True patriotism and enlightened views of economy, 

 ought to prevent any one from consenting to it. 



Massachusetts must necessarily continue to be a manufacturing 

 State, and the manufactures in wood are among the most import- 

 ant branches of industry, and must be not only continued but 

 enlarged. They cannot even continue, unless pains are taken to 



plant forests which shall furnish the necessary materials 



One by one, the workers in wood will have left the State, when 

 the old forests shall have been all cut down. A prudent foresight 

 may prevent this, by planting in season, the kinds of trees ne- 

 cessary for these various demands, — for fuel, and for all branches 

 of manufacture. For this end, we have extraordinary resources. 

 Among the native trees, we have great choice, from the number, 

 variety, and excellence of the species. In the narrow breadth of 

 Massachusetts, the species of native timber trees are more numer- 

 ous than are found in any kingdom of Europe. We have nine 

 large oak trees, four hickories, five birches, three large maples, 

 three ashes, three pines, two walnuts, two elms, two spruces, two 

 cedars, besides the beech, the chestnut, the horn beam, the lever 

 wood, the tupelo, the hoop ash or nettle tree, the tulip tree, the 

 plane, the bass, the locust, the hemlock, the fir, the hackmatack, 

 the cherry, the holly, several poplars, many willows, and a large 

 number of smaller trees. Besides these, it is found that all the 

 valuable trees of middle and northern Europe flourish here as if 

 they were native. 



It thus appears that our soil and climate are perfectly well 

 adapted to all kinds of trees which are found in temperate coun- 

 tries. It is only necessary to understand the character and habits 

 of each, and to choose suitable soil and situation. 



It will not be considered foreign to our purpose, to enumerate 



