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as high as that Ihie. The outer fence 

 may then be removed, but the stem kept 

 bushed. If the side branches are taken 

 off by degrees, the sap which would have 

 suppKed them increases the growth and 

 vigour of the remaining head ; but if 

 they are too suddenly removed the plant 

 will break out all over, or it will be 

 starved, from want of head to elaborate 

 the sap and return it to the root. With 

 the exception of one at Kew Gardens, 

 Dropmore, the planter's Athens, has the 

 earliest araucarias planted in England, 

 and I believe it has the first deodara. 



I conclude by recommending the practice 

 of transplanting with the ball of earth, 

 without reference to the theories with 

 which it has been supported. Indeed, with 

 regard to them, I do not believe that in 

 all vegetable physiology or agricultural 

 chemistry there is one principle to be 

 depended on. In fact, the last science is 

 a new light to us, for the first glimmerings 



