" W. F. G.," Springfield, Mass., writes: "I have a Norway Spruce that bleeds badly from the but end of several dead branches. All are on one side. The dark spots in the figure at the left are dead limbs, the light spots the branches that are alive in the same neighborhood. I have cut off the dead limbs but would like to ask what should cause them to bleed and die, and if there is any danger of the balance of the trees dying can I remedy the trouble? The first dead limb is about ten feet from the ground. It is also the first limb. The full height of the tree is about forty feet. The dead branches extend about halfway up the trunk".

[The turpentiny mater, that flows from old knots or wounds in coniferous trees, is not thought to injure them materially; though we suppose, as in the case of sugar from a sugar maple tree, there ought to be some little strain on the vital powers. At least no one thinks of attempting to stop this waste of turpentine. - Ed. G. M.}