text:  The _manna_-tree is very like an _alder_ in its general character but thicker in its stem and bears the cicatrices of last year's _ill treatment_; its wounds however will not bleed afresh now; but towards August the _salassatore_ of trees will run his steel into its limbs taking care to place under the bleeding orifices leaves from the _cactus_ hedge hard by to serve as recipients and drain its juices till it faints