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Small, lofty, straggling, thick, that is as to foliage, dark, light,
russet, branched at the top; some directed towards the eye, some
downwards; with white stems; this transparent in the air, that not;
some standing close together, some scattered.
The relative thickness of the branches to the trunk (393--396).
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94.
All the branches of a tree at every stage of its height when put
together are equal in thickness to the trunk [below them].
All the branches of a water [course] at every stage of its course,
if they are of equal rapidity, are equal to the body of the main
stream.
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95.
Every year when the boughs of a plant [or tree] have made an end of
maturing their growth, they will have made, when put together, a
thickness equal to that of the main stem; and at every stage of its
ramification you will find the thickness of the said main stem; as:
i k, g h, e f, c d, a b, will always be equal to each
other; unless the tree is pollard--if so the rule does not hold
good.
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