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shoots ; the latter are therefore retained aiul 

 fostered, so that from them flowers of the finest 

 descrii:)tion ma\' he obtained. 



in culti\atin;4" fruit-trees it is found needful not 

 onl\' to |jruiie a\\a\' redundant branches which 

 bear leaves only, but also where stroni,^ woody 

 n^ots are proinotini;' the growth of leaf-buds, the\' 

 also ha\e to be pruned, so that the check thus 

 i^ixen to the i^rowth of the tree ma\- result in the 

 formation of fibrous roots, which will tend to the 

 production of flower-buds and a resulting crop of 

 fruit. 



I have often observed that the transplantation 

 of trees leads to their throwin^^ out flowers in the 

 succeeding year. This was notabl)- the case with 

 an avenue of deodars which had o\ergrown m\- 

 carriage drive ; the)' received a considerable check 

 in being transplanted, but in the following year 

 their branches were coxered w ith male catkins and 

 some few cones succeeded. 



For this reason the remoxal of fruit-trees is not 

 unfrequentl)- resorted to, as a means of inducing 

 fruit-bearing. 



So much vigour is stored up in the bud, that it 



