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GROWING GOLD. 



does not form part of the education of the 

 profession. 



It is cheerfully admitted that the pro- 

 ceedings of the Royal Society contain some 

 Tery valuable papers on this subject. The 

 practical men do not heed them ; they re- 

 quire a rougher hand to point out their errors, 

 and fearlessly to tell him who errs, " Thou art 

 the man and should he dispute the point, 

 let him call on that society to adjudge the 

 question. Gentle admonition is of little 

 avail with those old fashioned woodmen, and 

 modern land agents, who now have the care 

 of the property whence the navies of the 

 last centuries ^vere produced, or they would 

 have had something more to show than 

 short stems, bushy tops, and dead leading 

 shoots. Sleeping over the paltry revenue 

 that the periodical cuttings of the underwood 

 afford, they appear to be unaware that the 

 hazel, thorn, &c. are but the spontaneous 

 nurses of the giants of the vegetable kingdom. 



