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will be no hunger in Leaven.- It is the present state of affairs that, 

 at this moment, lies nearest to him. ^ How,, in other words, shall a 

 field, as bare as a desert, be at once enlveined with a few large trees? 



Some ten or fifteen years ago, an ingenious Scotch , baronet— 

 Sir Henry 'Stuart — ^published a goodly octavo to > the world, which 

 apparentlysolved the whole mystery. And it was not ^1 theory ; 

 for the baronet^s own park was actually planted with forest trees of 

 various kinds — oaks, ashes, elms, beeches^ of all sizes, fi'om twenty- 

 five to sixty feet in heSght, and with fine heads. .The thing was not 

 only done, but the park was, there, growing in the finest luxuriance ; 

 and - half a dozen years after> its creation, arboriculturists of every 

 degree, fr6ni. Sir Walter Scott down to humble ditchers, went to 

 look at it, and pronounced it go6d, and the thing itself altogether 

 satisfactory. , ' . 



Sir Heniy Stuart's process, though it fills a' volume, maybe com- 

 pressed into a paragraph. ■ First, the greatest respect, for the rootjs of 

 a tree, and some knowledge of the functions of the roots and branches ;' 

 second,- a pair of large wheels, with, a strong axle and pole ; (third, 

 practical skill and, patience in executing the work. 



A great many disciples had Sir Henry; and we, among, the 

 number, bore our share in the purohas^ of a pair of wheels, and the 

 cost of moving some large treesj that for the most faxt failed.. .And 

 now, that Sir, Henry's mode has .rather fallen, into disrepute, and is 

 looked upon as an irnpacticable thing for this cpuntry, it, may be 

 time well employed to look a little into the cause of its failure, and 

 aiiso to- inquire if it is whoUy and entirely a failure for us.' 



Undeniably, then, the main cause of the failure, here., of the , 

 Scotch mode of transplanting, lies in the difierence of climate. He 

 who knows how much! the success of a ilewly planted tree, of smafl 

 size, depends on the moist state of the atmosphere, when it begins 

 to grow in its new position, can easily, see that .its importance, is 

 vastly greater to a large tree than a small one. It is the thirst of a 

 giant and the sufferings of a giant, accustomed to a, large supply of 

 food, compared with that of a little child, which may be fed by the 

 spoonful. - And when we compare th^ moisture of that foggy, and 

 weeping climate of Scotia, with the hot, bright, dry atmosphere of 

 the United States, we can easily see that a tfe.e at iM stubbp^'ii, 



