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done for larch, Continental and especially Tyrolese seed will prove 

 the largest and best, and should therefore be chosen. 



Even if larger and finer Scotch seed were to be found, there is 

 still, I think, a probability that the Tyrolese should be preferred. 



In Scotland we cannot afford to run risks in forestry. I am a 

 strong believer in the future of Scotch forestry, but the whole labour 

 and cost of some twenty years of work may be entirely thrown away 

 if the seed used has been, just by a little, less good than it might have 

 been. 



At any rate the fact remains that there is ample evidence to show 

 that with all plants, and especially with trees, there is a distinct advantage 

 in selecting the largest and finest seeds for stock. Such seed yields 

 vigorous youngsters able to withstand all infantile enemies and thereby 

 to succeed in after life under conditions in which weaker plants remain 

 permanently enfeebled. 



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