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able to reftrain a free progreffian 

 ther of it's roots therein — Where eith ' 

 jftop has been put to his former th_rift, 

 fome unufjal drought, which is many tiri.es 

 the cafe in foils of the weaker fort — Or ' ' ' 

 been brought into as bad a ftate of invc 

 tary inactivity, by being overtopped a 

 — Or curbed underground in his roots 

 fome more mafterly tree, while it ftooa— 

 Or where the vernal Aurelia before nen- 

 tioned, had feemingly put it paft all rt'^Mit^- 

 tion. In all which hopelefs cafes, ft ^1 it 

 is admirable, vrhat a reftorative to it's 

 tine healthy if ever it had any, the jud c.ol 

 ufe of the Ax. on the bark of it's bodr— 

 and the Jlitting the fame with a ftrong knife 

 on it's main arms will prove — Together with 

 the contujjon of the lateral germens, when 

 properly fo univerfally drejfed — 



It muft be enquired of thofe wr 

 beft able to drive the horfes of the fun 

 am neither able by any Jtatics, or fti , ,a 

 of reafon to fhew, on fo Imall motion is 

 given to an Oak by fuch contufion ^ How 

 great a fpring may be given to the p:i.xia- 

 nent and fixed air therein — What elaJicity 

 thereupon, the fluids may attain— And 



