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fences, which, somewhat higher than the trees within, pro- 

 tect them from stormy winds. 



Watching their growth in spring, the amateur should 

 remove the more feeble lateral shoots, leaving two or three 

 of the upper and stronger. Suckers from below must also 

 be removed. The latter operation is most easily and 

 effectually performed when rain has just softened the soil 

 around ; and weeds, which evince in times of drought such 

 a rooted antipathy to eviction, may then be readily ex- 

 tracted without leaving fibre or fang. 



The stocks may be budded in July, and I advise the 

 amateur who wishes to bud them, to learn the art, by no 

 means difhcult, not from books, but from some neighbour 

 Budhist, who will quickly teach him as much of transmigra- 

 tion as he desires to know. If he learns to make one slit 

 only, so much the better, the transverse cut being quite 

 unnecessary, and liable to cause breakage if too deeply 

 made. 



Select strong buds from your Rose-trees. It requires 

 some little resolution to cut away the cleanest, most health- 

 ful wood, but the recompense is sure and ample. Do not 

 expose your cuttings to the sun — a watering-can, with a 

 little damp moss in it, is a good conveyance — and get them 



