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away as much at one operation as will be sufficient for three 
years. But in this you are to be guided by the size of the 
wound, and other circumstances. When the new wood, ad- 
vancing from both sides of the wound, has almost met, cut 
off the bark from both the edges, that the solid wood may join, 
which, if properly managed, it will do, leaving only a slight 
seam in the bark. If the tree be very much decayed, do not 
cut away all the dead wood at once, which would weaken the 
tree too much, if a standard, and endanger its being blown 
down by the wind. It will, therefore, be necessary to leave 
part of the dead wood, at first, to strengthen the tree, and to 
cut it out by degrees as the new wood is formed. If there be 
any canker, or gum oozing, the infected parts must be pared 
off, or cut out with a proper instrument.” 
“By using the Composition in a liquid state, more than 
three-fourths of the time and labour is saved; and I find it is 
not so liable to be thrown off as the lips grow, as when laid on 
in the consistence of plaster : it adheres firmly to the naked 
part of the wound, and yet easily gives way as the new wood 
and bark advance.” 
Much negligence has hitherto existed regarding the injuries 
to which fruit trees are liable, both from accident and old age; 
but having now explained Forsyth’s Composition, which, 
although it may not possess any superlative healing properties, 
is on the whole acknowledged to be a very useful protective ; 
and as trees which, with unheeded injuries would be destroyed, 
may oftentimes by timely attention be restored to kind growth, 
we shall, at a future opportunity, give further directions on 
this subject. 
231 Selection of Fruits. As the addition of the Fruitist to 
the Botanic Garden has excited an increased attention in the 
country to the cultivation of superior varieties of Fruits, we 
liave thought it desirable to give a Selection of those which are 
most valuable to cultivators on a small scale; and from this 
class of fruit growers no person should exclude himself who 
possesses a garden of even a few yards square. The extensive 
experience and knowledge possessed by Mr. Thompson, of the 
London Horticultural Society’s Gardens, places him at the 
head of the list of English fruit growers; and as a Selection, 
prepared by him for Loudon’s Encyclopaedia of Gardening, is 
