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from seeds, or propagated by layers or suckers 

 taken from the roots of the old trees. We 

 have lately seen elms of a considerable size 

 transplanted, but they seldom make much 

 new wood ; and younger trees soon produce 

 a better shade, and outrun the older plants, 

 particularly if little trenches be dug near the 

 roots to hold the rain water, that will greatly 

 facilitate their growing in dry summers, and 

 retain their verdure much longer. We ob- 

 served this practice and its advantages in 

 many new-formed boulevards and plantations 

 of elms in the vicinity of Paris, where this 

 tree is not less a favorite than in the environs 

 of London, as the following beautiful lines 

 of Gresset will shew : 



Feuillage antique et venerable, 

 Temple des bergers de ces lieux, 

 Orme heureux, monument durable 

 De la pauvrete respectable, 

 Et des amours de leurs ai'eux ; 

 O toi ! qui depuis la duree 

 De trente lustres revolus, 

 Couvres de ton ombre sacree 

 Leurs danses, leurs jeux ingenus ; 

 Sur ces bords, depuis ta jeunesse 

 Jusqu'a cette verte vieillesse, 

 Vis-tu jamais changer leurs moeurs, 

 Et leur felicite premiere 

 Fuir devant la fausse lumiere, 

 De mille brillantes erreurs ? 

 Non. Chez cette race fidele, 



