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the bark, where it was frnooth, and free from knots. 
About 3 or 4 inches higher, I made another incmon, 
in the fame manner ; then making an incilion length- 
ways, from the upper to the under circumcifion, I 
feparated the bark intirely from the intermediate 
wood, covering it, and alfo the bare part of the 
wood, to keep the air from the wound ; and letting 
them remain fo for about a quarter of an hour, when 
the wound began to bleed, I replaced the bark as 
exactly as I could, and bound it round pretty tightly 
with bafs, fo as to cover the wound intirely, and alfo 
about half an inch above and below the circumci- 
fions. 
I treated the intire Item of a duke cherry-tree in 
the fame manner, about io inches' from the ground, 
and below all its branches. Alfo feveral branches of 
a morelli cherry-tree ; and the main arms of two per- 
drigon plumb-trees. Thefe two laft were old trees, 
which had been cut to the ground about four years 
before, and had fhot forth very luxuriant branches, 
but had not fince borne any fruit. 
In about a month’s time, the bark of thefe began 
to fwell, both above and below the binding j when 
I unbound each of them, and found the feveral parts, 
that had been replaced, to be all fairly healed, except 
one, which was on the main arm of the perdrigon 
plumb-tree, part of which was healed, and about an 
inch in breadth of the bark, on one fide of the lon- 
gitudinal incifion, remained loofe, and afterwards 
dropped off. I bound them all again lightly with 
bafs, and let them remain fo, until the beginning of 
the fummer following ; when I took off the binding 
intirely, and found them all healthy, and flourifhing. 
Each 
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