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knife should be used decisively, and 

 when the wood is too stout for the 

 knife, a fine saw should be used in- 

 stead, and the sawn surface should be 

 smoothed over with the knife, and the 

 edge of the bark be neatly bevelled 

 oflF all round. Here are three figures, 

 three modes of using the knife in 

 pruning. Fig. A is a good cut, and 

 will heal perfectly by the formation 

 of a ring of bark, which in time will 

 close over the top of the wood, and 

 the bud left will prosper. Fig. B is 

 cut too far above the bud, and the 

 internod left ; that is, the wood left 

 above the bud will die, and will, if 



left alone, send a wedge of dead wood 

 down behind the bud. Fig. C is a 

 slivering cut ; the bud left will pro- 



bably grow for a time, and perish be- 

 fore the season is out. 



FEBRUARY, 1863.— 28 Days. 



Phases of the Moon. — Full, 3rd, lOh. 25m. after. ; Last Quarter, 11th, lOh. 46m. 

 morn. ; New, 18th, 3h. 6m. morn. ; Fii-st Quarter, 25th, Oh. 34m. after. 



