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Excerpt from A Disease of Taxodium Distichum Known as Peckiness: Also a Similar Disease of Libocedrus Decurrens Known as Pin-Rot A tree may be diseased because of the natural decadence of its vital forces incident to old age, it may be inuenced by abnormal physiological conditions, or its functions may be impaired by the activities of a disturbing organism. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.