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cially toward the extremities of its roots ; examine its deep 

 roots, and if the disease is caused by their entering a cold or 

 poisonous subsoil, cut them off; or, if the case prove inveterate, 

 take up the tree, remove the subsoil as extensively as you find 

 necessary, pave or concrete the bottom of the hole thus made, 

 fill it with good compost, etc., and replant the tree carefully. 



