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half a Yard ; and the Parts all about the Ring, to increafe 
very much in thicknefs the fame Year theScftionwas 
I made^and to increafe in thickne{s,much more than it would 
have done if the Sedion had not been made:but all that part 
of the Stock,between the the faid Ring and the Knot next 
below it, increafed not at all ; but that part wliich was be- 
low the next Knot increafed fomewhat, yet not fo much 
as if the faid Ring of the Bark, had not been cut off. The 
2^. Year it alfd increafed confiderably, but not fo much as 
tlie firft; but the third Year it died. The Branch that 
was here produ'^ed, had the Ring cut off from it, jpr.tho 
ifi. 1686, and the part above theSedion increafed, and 
" grew till the 1 7^/?. of 0^^^?^^r following, when it was cut 
off fipm the Tree. In this fpace of time the part below 
the Ring increafed not at all^ but flood at a ftay; but the 
part about the Ring fhot out a new Joynt, between a 
Foot and half a Yard, and increafed in thicknefs for the 
whole length of it, and in all its parts twice as much as it 
would have done, if it had not been Gut, as was apparent 
by a like Branch on the oppofite fide of the Knot, which 
was not cut or barked round in the fame manner : The 
Bark alfb of the part above the Section, fwelled, or grew 
downwards over the woody part,(which was bare)above 
half an Inch in breadth. 
The ufual time for making this Seftion, was either in 
Mirr^ or the beginning of AfriL 
Tryai was made upon fbme young Trees cutting a he- 
lical fwath of the Bark, a bout halfe an inch in breadth, by 
leaving a like helicalPsvathofBark to comunicate between - 
the upper and under part ; in this Tryal, the difference of 
growth fucceeded not, but the remaining fwath of the Bark 
f welled downvv^ards, and by the end of the Year, covered 
the bared part of the Wood. 
The like event almoft followed, upon making an inden- 
tedSedion round, of about half an Inch in breadth ; the 
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