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-resterii phrase, " clinib higher and dive dedpe*,*' than ally nfan oiA 

 # America. 



"We are nbt going to "be led irito d physiological di^essitin 6ii 

 the subject of thfe inextinguishable rights of a silpMoi' organizatioii 

 in certain men and races of men, which natare every dayre£iffiMs, 

 iiotwithstanding the socia,listic and democratic theories of 'our poli- 

 ticians. But we will Undertake to say, thjtt if the taces 6r' plants 

 were as inuoK improved as they might be, and as much adapted to 

 £fefe various soils and climates of the Union, as they oUght ttJ be, 

 thWe is not si Single Square mile in the United States, that might 

 not boast its peaches, melofis, apples, grapes, and all the othei- luxU- 

 f!g§ of the ga;rdefl now confined to a comparatively limitM range. 



And this is M6t only the most interesting of all fields for the 

 loYfer of the country and the garden, but it is that one preciseljf^ 

 r^My to be put in operation at this season. The month of April is 

 tike blossomiriff Reason over a large part of the country, and the blos- 

 sbin, governs d,iid fixes the character of th^> ne\v taoe, by givingn a 

 character to the seed; Let those who are hot already familiar with 

 hybridizing and cross-breeding of plants — always effected when they 

 df g in bloom — read the chap'tef on this subject' in our " Fruit Trees," 

 df any other work which treats of this subject. Let theili ascertaitt 

 ■wbat iai'e the desiderata for their soil and climate, which have not 

 yet been supplied, and set about giving that character to the ne^ 

 seedlings, which a careful selection from the materials at hand, aiid 

 a few inoments light and pleasant occupation will afford. If the 

 mail who only made two blades of grass gro* where, one greW bS- 

 fefe, has been pronounced a betiefactor to mankind, certaihly he is 

 far more so whd originates a new variety of grain, vegetable, or 

 fruit, adapted to a sbil and clitnate where it before refused to grd# 

 — since thousands may continue to reap the' benefit of the labors of 

 th§ latter for an indefinite length of time, while the foi'itieir haS dnij' 

 thfe merit of being a gfiod farmer for the time being. 



