MCNAB—PLANTING OF HARDY EVERGREENS. 341 
Study, therefore, never is, nor can be, science, or the quality of his 
plants, but solely and exclusively the art of raising the greatest 
possible number on the smallest space of ground, and furnishing 
them to his customers at the lowest possible price.” 
Now, if this is the feeling among gentlemen and nurserymen 
it i , we Cannot expect much attention, on the 
nurseryman’s part, to the growing, taking up, and packing ever- 
greens, in the best possible way, so as to ensure success with them 
when they arrive at their ultimate destination. He must receive a 
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ever state they arrive, they should be unpacked immediately and 
laid into the ground, their roots covered over with earth (i 
ended lways taking ater 
freely. There are several kinds of evergreens which should never 
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of price. I shall add a list, at the end, of those sorts that should 
_ always be kept, or at least a quantity of which should always be 
kept, in pots in the nursery. 
I would beg leave, however, to recommend to every nobleman 
package often injurious, to get them in a young state and plant 
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ry in their own premises, and when they arrive at 
one year transplanted, 1 conceive to be of the most desirable size 
to order. e way that I have practised in nursing such plants, 
and which I have found to answer remarkably well, is to plan 
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year, and some sorts that are of slower growth may stand two 
