. A treatise on pruning forest and ornamental 10 TREE PRUNING. It follows that a wound caused by the amputationof a branch must, in order to heal properly, be madeperfectly even with the trunk, tliatevery part of its outer edge may bebrought into direct communicationwith the leaves through the net-work of cells destined to conveythe descending sap. Although thistheory rests on one of the mostelementary principles of vegetablephysiology, it has not been appliedF,v , beforc to practical forest manage-deeajingaftertheiossof a mgnt. The amputatiou haviug large branch broken b
. A treatise on pruning forest and ornamental 10 TREE PRUNING. It follows that a wound caused by the amputationof a branch must, in order to heal properly, be madeperfectly even with the trunk, tliatevery part of its outer edge may bebrought into direct communicationwith the leaves through the net-work of cells destined to conveythe descending sap. Although thistheory rests on one of the mostelementary principles of vegetablephysiology, it has not been appliedF,v , beforc to practical forest manage-deeajingaftertheiossof a mgnt. The amputatiou haviug large branch broken by the ° wind. been made even with the trunk in the manner explained, new wood will soon appear,forming first round the top and sides of the wound,which is soon completely surrounded by the newgrowth ; the wound is gradually healed over, andthe decay of the trunk prevented. The time requiredfor the complete healing of a wound depends, ofcourse, upon its dimensions and the natural vigorof the tree. The principle being established that large woundscan
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