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judicious pruning and by substituting fresh 

 soil for the spent material amongst the tree 

 roots. 



From the above it will be seen that, if 

 taken in time, bark and other tree wounds 

 are by no means difficult to deal with, nor is 

 the work entailed by so doing of a costly de- 

 scription ; and, this being the case, there is no 

 reason why specimens that are of particular 

 value in an ornamental or useful sense, or such 

 as are of historic interest or with interesting 

 associations, should not, when accident befalls 

 them, receive prompt and careful attention in 

 order to ward off disease and death. 



In connection with loosened bark several 

 important points should be borne in mind. 

 Injured or loose bark can never again attach 

 itself to the trunk, though we have known 

 several instances in which, in the hope of 

 inducing it to grow again, those who were 

 unacquainted with or ignored the laws which 

 govern plant life have carefully nailed it to the 

 trunk. Such a method of treatment is not 

 only a waste of time and attended with the 

 opposite results to what were intended, but the 



