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ef the daily perifhing debarked boughs ; till 

 at laft the fame by the fun and drying winds, 

 being rendered impervious to more in the 

 parts debar kedy the death of the whole raid 

 boughs, enfues. 



But were fuch irjlanfly to perifli upon 

 the before cited operation j the confequence 

 would be as bad to the tree with regard to 

 ramous eruptions, as a fudden lopping off 

 the boughs ^ which fails not to occafion them 

 in the body : The phyfical caufes of which 

 I have before largely exemplified. Still left 

 fome redundancy of fap, and wanton fuper-- 

 fluity thereof, fhould remain unexpended in 

 the manner mentioned, or otherwife ^ and 

 as an addition to fuch overplus, nature in 

 very hot and moiit weather fliould fend up 

 from her earthly ftorehoufe, fuch an un- 

 ufual quantity m.ore, as to endanger a forci- 

 ble prcduiTiion of lateral germinations ; I 

 fail not at the fame time, that I do debark 

 any boughs, to Jlit with the point of a ftrong 

 knife the bark of the body of the Oakhng 

 both above the debarkation ^ and far below 

 k, in three or four equal divifions. And 

 this incifive expedient creates a defigned 

 difcharge^ and fuhftitute employment of fuch 

 I overplus 



