Éi The N A T U'R A.I,: H 1 S T O R Y f
made ; Band! that part of the frock bç6ween ttefaid' RiHg,rarid
theknotnèxt below it increafed not at ali ; but that part that
was below theknot increafed fomewhat, yet? not ! fo much as if
thfc faidRing of thé Barls^ had^not been cot-off; the feeond
Year it alfo inctiafed confiderablyi bat üöt'fè-Hïtïch asfrHedifft
Year, but the third Year it dkd-> the Branifettet was ’Réi« produced
bad the Ring eat off from it', > April'^\p-- ïlriéiafàdthe
part ab&rethe &(friôKïiidr'eafé<^ andigredr tilbiÉe >:tj of'€)^&r
following, when it was cut off from the Trée; lia thikfpaceof
time the parr* below the Ritig increafed'not at all, but Rood1 at a
flay, but the part above the Ring (hot oat- a new joints between
a Foot and half aYard^ ami increaledin thick nefs for thë whole
length of itt, and inall its parts* twice as mrfctfPas it w'ótfd' have
done, if it had not been dût, as^vns apparent by a l^ e Branch
on the oppofite fideof the knot, which was not*1 Cut or barked
pound in the Élue manner Tlie Bark aKo-bf1 thè-part aftoveffhe
Sedition, fweJPd or grew downwards Over tfeewbody jbartfwhich
was bate)- above half an inch in breadth.
The ufual time for making this Series, was- either in Afarc#,
or the beginning of Aprit; Tryal war made* dipo» fëmé Yctórig
Trees, cuttings Mefifcal fwath- of the Barfcj about half atr inarm'
breadth, by leaving a like Mehcal fwath of Bark, to cdtffiiuni-
cate betwixt the upper and1 under part; in this Tryal the difference
of growth fiaeceeded not, but the remaining frvath of the
Bark fwelkd downwards, and by the end o f the- Year, covered
the bated part of the Wood; The like event ailmeft foflbw’d,
upon making an invented Sedition round, of about half an inch-in
breadth, the upper Bark quickly fwelling downward, and' joining.
again with the lower. It was aîfo'cèferva$>îe,tfrat as the upper
Bark grew downwards, fo it increafed alfo in thicknefe,
whereas the Bark below thickned not at all. Several of thefe
Boughs whidh Were about an inch Diameter, and had increafed
at above, fihè Summer before Were obferv’d to-out*-five the great'
Broft, and toûrêeeivè ftoconfiderable Damage, ■ whereas others o-
therwife ordef’d , were Rilled by it, as will appear by and by
more particularly : fo the firft Figure is reprefen ted a Scoth-Firr
of
LAMGMSHI R E ^m m iS H im A, Me. ^
Qf threeYear9 growthv |ittlhocStit5g foTth :evei;y Yean,; both from
the Body and the-nBfarrches ,,:at*new joint and Ciwmmairibierit
.%P^tfeterA<fetM?iiai«.leiig|fc>::b«i^;wttth. tkeeTitags.dtf a-
fepufc i l inch brcadyeach dbouihihei inijiiflfeMthe JattsthMtfy dr
f«rt^ between the-joints, this* in ofre
Ygar jfictf^fedwnd (hot:forth tenchings|faein«he;%ond!E%uie
that is; the frock at a. which \W4 $ about the 'Mgnefs bf: a Quill,
.hsfcwrJheRing to the next josubj. edutiftnedhof the fofrte,big#tqS,
but above the Rihgit increMad,;vand grad to fihehigoefs jof ones
ifoger,; and from thle pewftjofoti, a#.-, mu fhofc oufcnew; Limhs
and frock, about a quarter of a Yard, which was fomevoKit bigger
than if tiers; had been i®KRiag:jnac]ei; tbeifoiaaich
f tih incffe^fed fik^wife prbptirtion&bly,, fWeffing iHibigoefi^
and frcten:a:new joint friootingout new Body,and; limb^c as:the
top and Body, and the Body efi thei.Tredb^kaw the.joiptA tp
the Ring b. increafed more ifhaudf the^^Ringl^rnimslbeBn madd,
but tfae partt of thh..frock below the ?Ri% ienthe ne^tt joint,, in*
Creafbd not at all:* The. Uke fhcptmg fcMjthi.' and* incre^fkg, was
obfeeved in the fecsnd Limbs,: johyfaqff frock* below it, g, g. t,
totfi.5ibetween which and & it mcrfeafed.nofcj th&ifikd alfo fyfa
ceeded in the lower Branches tel. any joint it. andinethe frock
di below the joint k.
Figure third reprefents a young Scoth-Fin? of twoY^rsOldyori
one of the lowermoft Branches c. was made aRing Se^iott^between
the Biady^ and firft-knot ofthe Limb ; The M1owihgYe^r tfefc
part 0# the Limh above the Ring, increafed -t'wk«1 ic^tipriee ia
much as the Gorrefponding parts rOf the” oRief 'Litnb^ from* ■did
feme knot, as^i which increafed as if tlierd had b^aino %£Hoa
made at B. but the pare below b. to the Body, increafed' iiot'a-t alL
Fignre fifth reprefents a'yuung Uaaet cut into the Body with
adeep gaflr, and the Parts of the Body above and heiqwy > clefti
upwards, and downwards, and the Splinters a. and bt by Wfdges
kept off from touching each other*, or the reft of the Body ;, thefe
in the felfowing Year were obferved to be irt the State, repce^
fented in the fixth Figure, that is the Splinter above the gafli,
was grown very much, but the Splinter b. bfelow, frdod at a ftay
and