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boldly from the thick vigorous green stem bark, than 

 from the delicate tender root bark, and also more 

 vigorously from the bark of the bulb than from the 

 bark of the remote roots, of those soft-wooded trees ; 

 indeed, it appears to be owing alone to the great 

 strength of the vitality of the bark of the stem, that 

 those kinds are so capable of continuation by cuttings. 

 The roots have nearly the same delicacy of those of 

 other kinds of trees, and show no particular readiness 

 to throw up sprouts when bared. 



Mr Sang, in furtherance of his advocated scheme 

 of raising forests in situ from the seed, sensible of 

 the general impracticability of fallowing or working 

 the ground all over previous to sowing, gives direc- 

 tions for pitting or stirring the earth the previous 

 spring and summer, in spots about fourteen inches 

 square, and from six to nine feet separate, burying 

 the turf under the soil, in order that it may be rot- 

 ted, and a fine friable mould obtained for reception 

 of the seeds to be sown the following spring; several 

 seeds are then deposited in each spot, equidistant ; 

 these require to be hand-weeded the first season, 

 and the resulting plants hoed around for several 

 » successive years, till they have mastered the weeds, 

 after which they are ail plucked out but one (the 

 most promising) in each spot. This is all very wells 



