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of branches being torn off by the wind, 

 and sometimes by the woodpeckers ; 

 though, in most cases, it is clearly the efr 

 feet of neglect or mismanagement . . What 

 "vve have to advance upon the subject, so 

 far as it respects the extremities, will come 

 forwards most properly under the next 

 head ; and, therefore, we shall here prin- 

 cipally notice their causes and effects, as 

 operating upon the Stem and larger 

 Uranches or Arjns. 



Rottenness, where no external injury 

 has been done or happened to the plant, 

 presents, at first sight, the idea of stinted 

 nourishment ; the tree must be generally 



nion with regard to the valuable properties of the arti- 

 cle. Indeed, with the generality of intelligent pur- 

 chasers, i\\e. qualities oi xho. Larch is nozv less Irequent- 

 ly a question, than where it "rnay he 'procured. It is 

 also consolatory to remark, that the ravages of -the in- 

 sect continue to decrease. Should it, indeed j never 

 become more numerous than it has been throuirh the 

 present season, it would be considered of little or no 

 consequence. 



