HOW TO CUT THE LIMB 



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is the essential rule in all pruning, and on its 

 observance the success of the operation depends." 

 Des Cars himself speaks as follows: "It follows 

 that a wound caused by the amputation of a branch 



87. The right way to make the wound. Side and front views. 



must, in order to heal properly, be made perfectly 

 even with the trunk, that every part of its outer 

 edge may be brought into direct communication 

 with the leaves through the net -work of cells 

 destined to convey the descending sap." 



