Infirmities of Trees. g j 
From the Stock ufually fpring many supers. 
Suckers, which extraft too much nourifh- 
ment from the Tree3 which muft be taken 
off dextroufly from the Root, and may 
be prevented by grafting on good Stocks 
railed from Kernels 3 for Trees proceeding 
from Suckers, are always fubjcffc to this 
Dileafe, which the Canker, ufually at¬ 
tends. 
If Trees are Bark-bound, it cither fig- Bark _ 
nifies that the ground is hard and bound bound. 
about the Roots of them, or that theyare 
planted too deep : The remedy then is 
known only with this addition 3 That you 
may flit the Bark down with your Knife, 
about the Spring-time. 
I have known Trees of my own planting 
that have been removed from a better, 
though into a good Soil 3 and after they 
have flood two or three years with (mail 
growth, and feemingly Bark-bound, yet 
when they came to take to the ground and 
fpread their Roots, they made large Shoots, 
and the Bark of it felf flit open in many 
places, as though it had been flit with a 
Knife, therefore thebeft care is in the Soil 
and (hallow planting. 
Cold, and untill’d,and unmanured Land, 
oftentimes produce Moflie Trees 3 which 
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