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nursing up other trees, a considerable latitude may be taken ; 

 but as a principle, which should never be overlooked, the 

 younger they are planted out the more likely are they to 

 succeed. Most of the deciduous coniferous trees are difficult 

 to transplant when of a large size, whereas few trees succeed 

 better when they ai'e planted young, and of course of a dimi- 

 nutive size. Those, who have most successfully and exten- 

 sively planted the larch, prefer trees not more than one year 

 old, as seedlings, and which have been one year nursed in 

 good ground, and those will be by that time about from six 

 to nine inches in height, and if the soil has been good, will 

 have an abundance of fibres ; a circumstance of far more im- 

 portance to their future welfare than if they were twice as large 

 in branches. Indeed, we would say, that larches above 

 eighteen inches in height are much too large for planting, let 

 the ground be ever so well prepared for them, and such as 

 have pertinaciously persisted in planting them of a larger size 

 have been uniformly disappointed in the end. 



Lime. — {Tiiia Europcca.) 



The lime is a native tree, and one of great beauty and m- 

 terest, when considered merely in an ornamental point of view, 

 and is suited either for the park, the lawn, or the avenue ; 

 indeed, for the latter purpose, it would appear that it has been 

 chosen by common consent at least for two centuries. As a 

 timber-tree it has few merits, being in general used by carvers, 

 gilders, &c., as the wood is soft, and easily cut; it is also used 

 for charcoal for making gunpowder, and the inner bark is 

 made into bass mats, so useful in covering up garden produc- 

 tions, and packing of goods in general. The flowers are 

 fragrant, and afford a great store of food for bees, and are, on 

 the same account, often planted near the mansions of the 

 gi*eat. Evelyn was exceedingly partial to this tree, and asserts, 

 that the fra grance of its blossom is an admirable preventative 

 against the epilepsy, or falling sickness. 



Limes are in general increased by layers, as being the most 

 expeditious way, but as they ripen their seeds so plentifully, 

 we can see no real reason why such a slovenly method of in- 



