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the wound is closed up by the resinous juice 

 of the tree, and generally becomes perfectly 

 sound as the rest of the wood, although a 

 blemish may be the consequence. 



Wherefore, with respect to resinous trees, 

 nature prevents the necessity of our inter- 

 ference in the cure of wounds, other than 

 the fracture of limbs ; which it is certainly 

 our duty to amputate, in order to prevent 

 farther decay and unsightly appearance ; but 

 she will hastily cover the wound with a plais- 

 ter superior to any we can prepare. 



3dly. OF INCIDENTAL CASUALTIES. By 

 which is to be understood, the rot; knots or 

 excrescences ; shakes ; the baneful effects of 

 Moss, Ivy, &c. growing on the trunk or 

 branches; and the worm in Fir-trees. 



THE ROT may be occasioned, first, by 

 outward wounds, for which a remedy has 

 already been specified. 



Secondly, by the tree growing in spouty 

 soil, whose larger roots have been injudici- 

 ously hacked at the time of transplanting, or 

 in cutting out a neighbouring plant. In this 

 case the disease affects the pith, eats upward, 

 and often consumes the heart to such a de- 



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