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results. It must not be done in that petty timid 

 manner hinted at by a contemporary. There must be 

 a ring of bark perfectly removed ; the cuts being 

 made boldly down to the very young wood, or albur- 

 num, and every particle of bark, inner and outer, 

 must be removed between the cuts. (See Fig. 63.) 



Fig. 68. 



This drawing represents, faithfully, the rung part 

 of a rod at the close of autumn, and shows how the 

 removal of the band of bark checked the return of the 

 sap, and how, in consequence, the rod above the 



