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with its natural requirements, which are a 

 moist soil not wet in the bottom. 



With regard to cure, there is none for this 

 disease ; true, life may be prolonged by 

 pollarding and pruning, but only at the expense 

 of beauty. With great care in pruning, so as 

 to retain the natural shape, a tree may be 

 allowed to remain a few years, but, as a rule, 

 I recommend the drastic remedy of cutting 

 down. 



The best method to adopt is prevention. 

 When the disease is prevalent, let means be 

 adopted to prevent its recurrence in the case 

 of newly planted trees. Drain, plant trees 

 adapted to the soil and site, give them room to 

 develop foliage and root-fibre, and leave them 

 their natural diet of fallen leaves. It may not 

 be out of place to mention an instance as 

 showing the necessity of this. Some time 

 ago, when called in to investigate a case of 

 disease, I found the trees upon the lawn , 

 showing every indication of disease, when 

 trees of like nature and size, growing close by 

 in the park, were perfectly healthy. 



Much loss arises from this " stag-horn 



