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180 TREATISE, &C. 



vitals of the plant itself, exhaust its most pre- 

 cious juices, fill the bark with wounds and 

 crevices, which the sap discharges in ruinous 

 abundance, and induce in the end a compli- 

 cation of diseases, which rob the vine of all its 

 energy, and bring on and hasten a premature 

 decay. 



