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stump sealed up, but such sealing keeps' 

 it so much alive, that the wood, whicli 

 afterwards grows over, always unites, 

 either wholly or in part with it ; so that, 

 instead of defects, we have usually health 

 and soundness, but never, except in the 

 case of very large Avounds, any thing of 

 consequence enough to merit the name of 

 detriment. 



The bleeding, which seems to have 

 alarmed Fir Pruners so much, has certainly 

 been in consequence of taking off too 

 many tiers of live branches at once; and 

 that frequently in spring. A healthy de- 

 ciduous tree, so treated, would expend 

 part of its sap in branches iqwii the 

 stem ; — a Fir throws it out in a crude 

 state. — Firs aresometimcs seen so severely 

 trimmed at one operation, that the heads 

 arc left too small to attract a reasonable 

 quantity of sap ; which circumstance, the 

 sudden exposure fails not to increase. 

 Frequently, trees, previously growing 



