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jagged ends were cut smoothly off. Result ; the 

 wounds healed forthwith, swelled at the end, and 

 pushed fibres freely, these in turn pushing the tree 



Fig. 27. GOOD PEACTICE IN PLANTING AND PEUNING. 



into growth. The root force of this tree, in two 

 years after planting, was five times greater than 

 the other, and the growth differed proportionately, 

 as may be seen on inspection. 



