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To arrest the progress of Hollowness', 

 the effect of rotten stumps, may be some- 

 times desirable. In such cases, the space 

 must be probed to the bottom, and any 

 quantity of water found in it, may be 



valuable trees disbarked, all round the stem ; a case 

 hitherto deemed incurable. — Mr. Hargrove, Bookseller, 

 of Knaresborough, had an Apple Tree so treated, to the 

 length of half a yard, in September, 1S02 ;— the onlj 

 application then used, was a piece of matting wrapped 

 round the wound ; in which state it remained till the 

 May following ; when a curious expedient suggested 

 itself to Mr. Lewis, an ingenious person in that neigh- 

 bourhood. He cut a small scion from the tree, four 

 inches longer than the wound, and inserted one end 

 of such scion in the bark, at each extremity of the 

 wound, in the manner of grafting. It was then covered 

 with clay, which was tied round with a mat, and 

 fortunately succeeded, so as to be a conductor for 

 the sap. I examined it in October, 1805; found the 

 scion considerably enlarged, the tree healthful, and 

 was told, that it bore as much fruit this year as ii> any- 

 one preceding. 



Undoubtedly, this instance proves what we have 

 uniformly asserted, as to the situation of the principal 

 sap'Vessels ; and, likewise, exhibits the advantages of 



