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ble. These minor distinctions oi* individualities of 

 vegetables become more perceptible as our observa- 

 tion closes in upon the object. We have never yet 

 found one individual apple plant, raised from seed, 

 to be the counterpart of another ; but differing even 

 in every part and habit, in bud, leaf, flower, fruit, 

 seed, bark, wood, root ; in luxuriance of growth ; in 

 hardihood ; in being suited for different soils and cli- 

 mates, some thriving in the very moist, others only 

 in the dry ; in the disposition of the branches, erect, 

 pendulous, horizontal ; in earliness and comparative 

 earliness of leaf, of flower, of fruit. 



We hope the above remarks will not be lost on 

 those who have the management of the sowing, 

 planting, and thinning of woods, and that they will 

 always have selection in view. Although numerous 

 varieties are derived from the seed of one tree, yet 

 if that tree be of a good breed, the chances are 

 greatly in favour of this progeny being also good. 

 Scots fir of good variety will thrive and reach consi- 

 derable size and age, in almost any soil which is not 

 very moist, or very arid and barren (such as our sand 

 and gravel flats much impregnated with iron or 

 other deleterious mineral), provided the plants from 

 their earliest years have room to throw out and re- 

 tain a sufficiency of side branches. This is especial- 

 ly necessary to their health where the soil is unge- 



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