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her, in every Stage of its Growth. — Ho\¥ 

 WELL experience and observation had 

 qualified him to perform the task thus im- 

 posed upon himself, the following speci- 

 men will in some measure evince. 



He says, " It can never be proper to 

 " lop the branch of a Fir tree by the bole. 

 " From the resinous juice which follows 

 " the tool at any season of the year, all 

 " wounds become, and continue to be, 

 " blemishes. When it becomes neces^- 

 *' sary to remove a branch that is doing 

 *' injury to plants around it, the best me- 

 " thod is to shorten it back to the last 

 " pair of laterals or wings ; the remain- 

 " ing part will soon decay, rot, and drop 

 « off."* 



How soon it would decay, or how far 

 such decay would affect the tree in growth, 

 or the timber afterwards, or how such 



* Nichol's Pra6tical Planter, Page 218. 

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