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tion, is often occasioned by neglecting 

 to take off such branches, while they are 

 only partially rotten, though certainly 

 much oftener by the careless, or over caur 

 tious method of lopping trees, which we 

 are next to notice. 



The method alluded to, is thai o'f leav- 

 ing stumps, or snags, of a few inches in 

 length, instead of taking off the branches 

 close by the stem. The careless do it, 

 merely because it is a more convenient 

 and expeditious method, than close cut- 

 ting ; and the cautious, because they sup- 

 pose such cutting would occasion a scar, 

 or rottenness : how truly, will be examined 

 in due time. Here, we readilj^ admit the 

 careless man's reasoning, if he will allow 

 us to say, a method may be eitrcmehf had, 

 that is both easy and expeditious. — And 

 if it be bad, Carelessness and Caution must 

 equally look to it; for it is practised by 

 both. 



