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'279o. On the suliject of tlio stnipplt* for pxistonot* in tlie 

 tree top, consult, Observation iv. in "Lessons with Plants," nmi 

 Chapter i. in " Pnuiing-Book." The philosophical hearin>fs of 

 this fact of competition are presented 

 in Essiiy iii., "Survival of the Unlike." 



281rt, Other things being equal, the 

 closer the wound to the brunch, the 

 quicker it will lieal. The suiootlier the 

 wound, tlie better and quicker it will 

 heal. Figs. (j() and G7 illustrate riglity, 

 and wrong methods. For full dis- 

 cussion of the healing of wounds, read 

 Chapter iii. in the " Pruning- Book." 



284*1. An antiseptic dressing is one 

 which prevents genus or microbes from 

 crowing on the surface of the wound ; 

 for the decay which follows wounds is 

 the wi>rk of germs and fungi. In gen- 

 eral, the best dressing for wounds is 

 lead paint, Wa.x is not dunible enough, 

 iior is it antiseptic. Bordeaux mixture 

 i-i good for its antiseptic properties, but is not durable, and it 

 affords little protection from the weather. 



28ort. The principles of pruning are discussed under twenty 

 heads in Chapter iv. of " Pruning Book." 



291fl. The chewing or biting insects eat up the parts upon 

 which they prey. Fig. G8 is an example of such work. The 

 sucking insects do not eat up the part, but they often b-ave dis- 

 tinct marks of tlieir work, as in Fig. G9. A plant- bug is shown 

 in Fig. 70. The true weevils and curoulios are biting in^'-.t. 

 although they have snouts (Fig. 71). 



292<i. A fungus is a plant. It is destitute of chlorophvn ..r 

 leaf -green. It lives on living organisms (or is parasitic), or on 

 dead or decaying matter (or is saprophytic, as mushr^>om« and 

 toadi«tools). Some kinds, as toadstools, are large and con 

 "ipicuous ; >>th<rs, as nioUls, arc small and fragile ; while still 

 others are nearly or quite microscopic. The plural of fuoi^s is 



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