XXvi POSTSCRIPT, kc. 



tree with the Composition, I now merely scrape off 

 the loose hark, and apply a mixture of cow-dung ayid 

 urine only (made to the consistence of a thick paint), 

 with a painter's brush ; covering the stem carefully 

 over. This softens the old scabrous bark, which 

 peels off during the following winter and spring, 

 and is succeeded by a fine smooth new bark. 



W. FORSYTH. 



