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hlreadj described, therefore rottenness irt 

 the root will ascend to the stem ; but not 

 so speedily as the same evil beginning in 

 the upper extremities, and descending ; 

 because moisture, in the former case, has 

 only the power of attraction to forward it, 

 in the latter, it has both that and its own 

 specific gravity to assist its operation. 



In giving the above account of the 

 cause and progress of the disease^ certain- 

 ty is not pretended ; the nature of the case, 

 as has been intimated, precludes the idea. 

 But however we may err, as to the pro- 

 gress, there can be no doubt as to the first 

 cause of the evil, namely, a wet soil ; nor 

 can we be mistaken as to the remedy, or ra- 

 ther preventive, Dhaining : — a specific 

 which answers so many good purposes, in 

 Avoodlands of such description, that no- 

 thing short of dire necessity can justify 

 any proprietor in omitting it. It certain- 

 ly is no uncommon circumstance, for 

 such to be more damaged, annually, by 



