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a healthy and vigorous state, and the tree 



has every appearance of bearing a large crop 

 this season. 



(Signed) <c JAMES HARDIE, Jun." 



Another argument has been Brought for- 

 ward against the practice of peeling, "that 

 nature would not have given the bark, had 

 it not been for some useful purpose." This 

 is certainly true, when applied to sound in- 

 most bark, because it is so essential that the 

 tree cannot live without it ; as the juices 

 which nourish the tree are carried on be- 

 tween it and the wood : but it is difficult 

 to conceive the use of dry hardened scabs : 

 and though the whole bark may be neces- 

 sary at an early period to carry on the cir- 

 culation, as it is then very thin and yield- 

 ing, and cannot much injure the tree by its 



