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The disastrous consequences of peeling consist in loss of 

 increment and the formation of badly-shaped boles by the 



Fig. 26. Longitudinal section of an oak-stem peeled from a to b, and occluded. 

 (Nat. size.) 



Fig. 27. Transverse section of same oak. c. Injured spot. 



bulging-out of the annual rings of wood, which may render 

 the trees lop-sided, as shown in Fig. 25. 



