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roads or fields is done not to benefit, but to some 

 extent less or more to injure the trees, and therefore 

 the object, apart from removing obstructions, is to do 

 as little harm to the tree as possible. 



10. The dressing of the wounds of the tree, where 

 a large branch has been amputated, is a work requir- 

 ing very considerable taste, both in order to preserve 

 the wood from decaying till the wound heals over, 

 and to bring the wound to the same colour as the 

 bark of the tree, and as like it every way as possible. 



