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tains. We must avoid extremes. In the mid- 

 dle course there is safety. Much may be done 

 in the way of protecting exposed sites by means 

 of buildings, high fences, or, better still, by living 

 wind-breaks. Experiments by the late Mr. Tudor 

 prove that on the bleak promontory of Nahant 

 the fierce blasts of the Atlantic may be so sifted, 

 by high lattice, that trees will flourish, though 

 they would quickly perish under full exposure. 

 The Norway spruce is perhaps the best sheltering 

 tree for all kinds of soil. American arbor vitae is 

 more compact and upright in growth, and is ex- 

 cellent in strong, retentive land. Austrian pine 

 is most hardy for the bleakest positions. A belt 

 of such trees planted from four to eight feet 

 apart would have a sensible effect in modifying 

 the asperity and also the degree of the cold. 



SUCCESS IN FRUIT CULTURE. 



Taking into consideration the time and the 

 labor involved in planting and in nursing, and 

 adding the uncertainties and the fact of the con- 

 stantly increasing liability to attacks from in- 

 sects and diseases, it may seem that to the small 

 cultivator fruits will cost more than they are 

 worth. It is well to count the cost at the outset, 

 because the difficulties are considerable, and eter- 

 nal vigilance is the price of success. The list of 



