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fully grown, a rich, luxuriant and almost tropical aspect. 

 It is to be hoped that our fortunate nurseryman may soon 

 have the means of increasing the size of his butternut or- 

 chard, so that he may not be compelled to acknowledge 

 the possession of but a single tree of such an apparently 

 interesting and valuable kind. 



It is evident that botanists have much reason to take 

 courage from the number and character of the publications 

 issued for their aid, from the fact that vast fields of inves- 

 tigation are still open and awaiting occupation, from the 

 wide-spread interest their department of science is gradu- 

 ally attracting and from the rich practical results that may 

 be expected to flow from a more thorough understanding 

 of the minute organisms of the vegetable kingdom, and a 

 more common utilization of plants and vegetable products 

 now too often considered valueless. 



