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CHAPTER IIL 



PURCHASING PLANTS. 



It is only those who plant on an extensive scale^ 

 and intend to do so for a series of years, that can be 

 expected to have nurseries of their own. Proprie- 

 tors, who have only a small extent, which they wish 

 to turn into woodland, will, in general, be averse to 

 incur the expense of setting a nursery on foot, and 

 will rather choose to purchase their plants from 

 those who raise them for sale ^. Indeed I am far 



* MoNTEATH has advised the adoption of a middle course, 

 namely, that those proprietors who plant extensively, should 

 not attempt to raise seedlings, but purchase them from pro- 

 fessional nurserymen ; and place them in a succession nursery 

 of their own, till they arrive at a proper size for being sent 

 abroad to their final destinations. This suggestion is a good 

 one, and deserves notice. A proprietor may, in general, pur- 

 chase seedlings much cheaper than he can produce them at 

 home, while the case is just the reverse with regard to plants 

 of a greater age. In raising seedings, much skill and attention 

 are requisite, which the professional man can always command 



