AK< IIUIM i <>I:M-V 



105 



1'ivy to w<> >d-destniyiii'_ r tuniM. 1 Th-- presence "f >ueh 

 -]>t> renders the tree liaUe t Uvak over in their neLdih<iur- 

 hcH>d. while they, as \vt-ll as tin- swellings mi the trunks Cause 

 a ennsideralile depreeiatinn in tin- value nf the limlirr. 



The malformations "f lln- l>rai]fli--y-!'-in kimwii as \vitdit-' 

 lr<xiins a iv 1'iviiuciitly indiicnl liy this IUII-IH. Tln-v nrcin- as 

 a rule on the h.ri/<mtal hiMiiches and t'onu a i-ii-hly lii-an<-ln'd 

 }m<\i easily distinguish.- 1, even at a distance, l.y a marked 



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l-'n.. J-ll. ll"./.',- Broa /' (wint'-r '-"i.'!!!!'.!!). ! itli 



r, bat 1 be H"MH I .ms. 



(v. Tul.cuf 



itive geotropy t' its twi Tin- brooms n\ unfrequently 



Jtarl lY'ini a inafked liasal swellin-. 'l'\\<-\ m.iy \- tuind "fall 

 Sizes, I'll VIMIII- as well as old trees, \i any part \' tin- liraiieli- 



in, and in all luealilies \\h,-|-e the lir OCCUrS ( I'' ]'_:-. I'll 

 and L' 12). 



Tin' aecjdia nf .!< '/'/! i/ HI i lut i n n a* are developed nlv mi the 



del'iirnied lli-eille- i.f the witehc-,' 1 i| i i. i| 1 1 -. Tin'-' 1 lli-edli>- ;ll - e 



|riliieed anew ea'-|| -priirj, li\i- "id\ one Gason and are . 



lypOl ' //'/'/ .ilnl .!/'( "'/. inli/in-ii* III |i il I |. '111. II .1. . i'ln|i.lll\ lllir* 

 -i ,iinl I.I in_- .iln.nl of 1 1n- \\ i.ml. 



