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extremities will be intermingled with the 

 roots of the plants to be cut, which, by being 

 broke or wounded in the operation of stub- 

 bing, would be of considerable detriment to 

 the growing tree, inasmuch, as from such 

 fibrey extremities, which may be deemed 

 the purveyors of the plant, its chief sustenance 

 is derived. 



In thinning of such plantations, also, it is 

 a matter of very considerable importance, to 

 be careful in not wounding the trees to be 

 left, by the fall of those to be taken out. 

 With this view, it may frequently be proper 

 to saw off the larger extended boughs of 

 plants to be removed, lest, in their fall, they 

 might become entangled with the branches 

 of those that are to stand, which they would 

 not fail to injure. 



A block and tackle, &c. may frequently 

 be found serviceable, to aid the endeavour of 

 laying the tree in such and such a position, 

 and keeping it clear, in the fall, of the 

 branches or bole of others. For, although 

 an artful and skilled feller, provided the tree 

 in question be pretty straight, and stand fair 



