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 as they 

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Sect. XIV. i. 



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OF PLANTS 



3-5 



may poffibly be cured by the application of a piectj 



f livino- bark from a lefs valuable tree, bound on as mentioned 



d in Sed. XVII 



3- ^^• 



The edo-es of thefe gangrenous ulcers of the bark fhould be nicely 



vv it h 



knife, fo 



to ad 



tn 



pared 



predations of infedl 



promote the putrefadion of the flagnant j 



air, and to prevent the de 



and the lodgment of molft 



hich mig 



d fpread th 



grene 



this (hould be fo managed as only to cut away the dead lips 



of the wound, but not fc 

 Some thick white paint may th 



the leaft 



nj 



the living 



bark 



be fmeared on the naked alb 



um or fap-wood on a dry day, which may prevent infeds from 



ferting their eggs 



I wood 



into it, and produce ma 



'deftroy th 

 rotting it. 



d may 

 The paint (hould 



hich erode and 

 d rains from 



prevent the dews ar 



erthelefs be fo fpread, as not to 



the edcres of the wound ; as it might injure their growth by 



poifonous quality 



quarter of 



of fublimate of mercury, 



lead 



hydrargyrus muriatus, rubbed with about a. pound of wh 



more noxious to infers. See Se£l. XVII. 3 



paint, might render 



9. and io» .,, ^n 



7. The honey-dew, which may be called fufFufio mellita,- conlilts 



of aVaccbarine juice, which I have fuppofed to be exfuded from the 

 tree by the retrograde motions of the cutaneous lymphatic veffels, 



either with the common fap-veffels defcribed in Sed. IT. 

 .. ...th the umbilical veffels defcribed in Sed. IlL 2. 8. inftead of its 

 bein- carried forwards to increafe the growth of the prefent leaf- 

 buds'' or to lay up nutriment for the buds, which are in their em- 



ded 



bryon ftat 



d may thus be compared to the diaboetes mellit 



the fweating ficknefs of the laft century 

 The faccharine and nutritious quality of 



honey-dew, (i 



'f 



to that of the fap 

 tirch and maple 



s, which rifes 

 ident from its 



ft 



the vernal months from the 

 and from the number of 



e 



bees and ants, which are faid to feed on it, when it appears on fom 



trees ; 



