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shoot should break during the operation, there will yet 

 be some portion of the bark of the inner side of it, 

 that will connect the parts together, and this, if man- 

 aged in the following manner, will ultimately re-unite 

 the broken parts. Take a piece of thick woollen 

 cloth about six inches long and four broad, and, bind- 

 ing it firmly round the shoot where it is broken, tie it 

 closely with small packthread at each end, but not in 

 the middle where the breach is. The object of this is to 

 keep the air from the wound, and also the parts moist, 

 which is effected by the bandage being of woollen, 

 the inner folds of which will scarcely ever be dry, 

 even in the hottest weather. If this bandage be put 

 on carefully, the parts will firmly re-unite by the close 

 of the next growing season, and it may then be taken 

 off. 



