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overshadows this happy country , and till its 

 roots pierce the soil of distant lands. England 

 herself, if she does not rise up betimes, and 

 assert the reforms that have become vitally 

 necessary to her constitution , may take les- 

 sons from her rival widely different from the 

 contrasts with which she has been wont to 

 feed her pride. 



The remaining part of the cultivation of 

 the Olive is pruning. Bernard informs us that 

 this practice was but lately introduced into 

 Provence , and that it is not universally 

 adopted, nor reduced to correct principles 

 and uniform rules. In some places a limb is 

 lopped away every year to renew the wood ; 

 but this is an injudicious mode , as the suck- 

 ers to which it gives birth engross the sap, 

 to the prejudice of the productive branches. 

 Pruning consists in cleansing a tree from 

 dead wood and other impurities, which may 

 be done at all seasons and by the simplest 

 hand; and in retrenching its superfluous 

 growth, which is a delicate operation, and 

 requires judgment and experience. Its object 

 is to determine the form of the tree, to open 

 it to the light and air, and to regulate its pro- 



