Mi 



SNAGGING OE LOPPING. 



part of it may be cut oif at a distance from it, leaving a small 

 side branch to draw the sap and keep it alive, which is better 



Fig. LXXXVIII. — Consequences of Snagging. 



than leaving a snag ; but this method should seldom be practised, 

 being only the result of former bad management." 



