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will be completely cured. The tine beech in the 

 avenue, that is diseased with the canker, will have, I 

 am aware, before this time, been attended to, as to its 

 means of cure, if so be it will cure, according to the 

 directions and instructions given the forester on the 

 spot ; and should it succeed, if any other tree is 

 seized in like manner, he has the receipt for the 

 balsam, and can apply it. A little of the hard sward 

 amongst the roots should be mellowed up and mixed 

 with the fresh earth to be laid on. The same me- 

 thod as described in this plantation should be attend- 

 ed to in all similar cases and situations, whether as 

 to a whole planting or as to single trees, &c. The 

 enclosing and planting should be done immediately, 

 and if so, it will save the life and revive in health 

 of many of the trees already on the ground ; and if 

 not attended to, the place will soon be without a 

 living tree. I predict this from real experience in 

 many similar cases, and have often proved the utility 

 of the cure prescribed to a demonstration. 



Craig Muir Young Planting. Balgone, Had- 

 dingtonshire, September 1827. 



This is, from the great quantity of bare rock in 

 it, a very difficult, or I may say, critical spot to 

 plant ; and it is of very great importance to rear 

 planting of any kind on it, and nothing will obtain a 

 full crop but perseverance. I am of opinion it is of 

 no use whatever to be at the expense of either 

 plants, or planting on the very bare rocks ; that is 



