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flocks in full Vigour and prime of life. Nor were tlwp 

 produced about the edge of the flump, as is afual in 

 common cafes, -but at forac diftance from it. The 

 fhoots alfo were produced confiderably fewer where 

 the lime had been ufed, than where it had not, and, of 

 courfe, they grew more vigoroufly. 



It appears from this experiment, that the fmall por- 

 tion of lap, which remained in the roots and (lock, 

 was effectually feared up, and prevented from being 

 exhaled at the natural time of flowing; as from the 

 moiiture the lime loon became incrufkJ, and acled as 

 a kind of cement, and, of courfe, prevented fuckers or 

 young fhoots from being produced, at or near the 

 edges of the flumps, which Is mofl common, as al- 

 ready obferved. 



I mention this for the information of thofe, who may 

 be concerned in the management of decayed woods ; a 

 circum fiance, which has been fairly proved very well 

 worth attending to. The five flems only took one gal- 

 lon of lime ; a barrel of forty-two gallons (the fland- 

 ard) would go over, by this proportion, 210 trees ; an 

 allowance of timber in moft cafes fufficient for a plan- 

 tation acre. 



Mofs, or any other moift covering, that may not be 

 blown off by the wind, will anfwer as well as fods ; 

 and, if none are convenient, any mould will do ; but, 

 at all events, the lime muft be covered, and kept fo. 



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