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strong adhesive laniisi ara paxticularly subject to 

 be afli-ctLil in this way. 



The aspects most advantageous for trees of tlus 

 description are sucli ;k have the greatest com- 

 mand of the south sun ; but an eastern or ^^t■st- 

 eni exposure has sometimes been tvuud to :m- 

 swer tolerably well. 



But whatvver the nature of the aspect may be, 

 it is always neccssarv that thev be trained against 

 a wall, as they never succeed so well when 

 placed against wooden feiices ; and, it' the wails 

 have a projecting coping, are found ta be bet^ 

 ter protected from fixists in. the early spriiig; 

 months. 



Choice of Trees. — It is. tliou<iht bi- Mr. For- 

 svth, that in selecting this sort ot tree such plants> 

 as have the strongest aiid cleanest stems should 

 alwavs be pi-et'erred, and that those that have been 

 headi d cio\\n, and are ot two or three vears' 

 growth, will (ill the w;dls, and fruit much sooner 

 tlian where the contrary is the case. Plants wiih 

 one stem are supposed by much the best, as in 

 traininsT they leave no interval of the wall unco- 

 vered:. That it is the ccmmion practice to prefer 

 trees with the smallest stems; he is well awaro, 

 but thinks the shoots they afford are alwavs' 

 weaker than in others. 



The gardener should always, be early in pro- 

 curinsr trees of this sort from the nurseries, as- 

 oiherRise he will only have those that have beeii 

 repeatedly picked through to select from. 



Maiden or un-cut-duwn trees, of one or two 

 years' growth from the bud, are in general to be 

 preferred ; but w here they arc wanted lo cover 

 the w;dls, and bear as soon as possible, trained 

 trees must be provided. The former arc advan- 

 tageous in establishing and fixing themselves in 

 the soils much better than the latter, besides be- 

 ing procured at much less expense, and admit- 

 ting of being trained in a better maimer. 



Planting. — ^1 he autumn or the spring are the 

 pnlv proper seasons of planting trees of this kind. 

 Perhaps the best season for performing this busi- 

 ness, in warm dry soils, is October or Novem- 

 ber, as soon as the leaves begin to tall; but the 

 spring months, as February and March, are 

 probably to be preferred in very moist or wet 

 soils. 



If the borders be new, whatever season may 

 be appropriated to the performance of this work, 

 the ground should, according to Mr. Forsyth, be 

 ■well trenched over before planting the trees ; and 

 where they are to supply the places of such trees 

 as have died, or have been removed, great care 

 should be taken to clear away the old roots, and 

 to put fresh mould into the places from whence 

 the old trees were removed, laving the new earth 

 sufficiently above the old, but by no me.ins to 

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plant the tices too deep, as by this means they 

 are freijucntly injincd; as w here the trees are not 

 kept above the level of the old gromid at first, 

 they seldom thrive well. After planting, the 

 roots should be well watered, and suftered to re- 

 main till tlie whole of the water has been taken 

 up, the earth then w cU trodden round them, and 

 filled to an even sui-f;u;e : vhcn planted in the 

 autimui, the trees should remam without being 

 pruned until the sjiring. 



It is mostly recommended that trees of this 

 sort, as well as those of others designed for walls, 

 when of one year's growth from the bud, with 

 heads entire, should at once be planted into their 

 peruianenl situations ; by w hich, as a chief point 

 to the \\ell forming them, they may for the two 

 first years be more perfectly pruned and trained. 



From about twelve to tifieeu feet from each 

 otlier is in general the proper distance of plant- 

 big ptueh trees. If tlie walls arc high, half 

 or full standards may sometimes be planted be- 

 tween the dwarfs, to iil! the upi)er parts until the 

 dwarfs grow of sufficient height to cover them. 

 But when the walls do not exceed eight feet in 

 height, only dwarf trees should be planted, at 

 the ilistance mentioned above: if of nine feet in 

 height, half standards of three or four feet stem 

 may be introduced in the intermediate spaces; 

 when of ten or twelve feet, recourse may be had 

 to full standards, with stems of five or six feet 

 to cover the upper parts, removing annually the 

 lower branches of the standards" as the dwarf 

 trees approach them, and at length taking them 

 wholly away, \vhen all the space will Be oc- 

 cupied by the dwarf trees. 



Great care should always be observed, in re- 

 moving trees of this sort from the nurseiA', that 

 the roots be kept as entire as possible, cutting 

 away any part that may haiipciv to be bruise>d, as 

 well as shortening the long small roots. 



In planting them, a siwce of four or five 

 inches from the wall is the proper distance, the 

 buds being placed outwards, the head a little in- 

 clining to the wall, which, to prevent anv injury 

 from the winds, may be tacked to the wall im- 

 mediately; \vatering moderately once or twice 

 a week, if the ensuing spring should prove dry 

 and hot. 



Pntiiiiig. — ^Trees which have been plantt^ with 

 the heads from the bud entire, should be headed 

 down in March or April, when thev just bc^in 

 to shoot, by shortening the main shoot within a 

 few eyes of the bud, in a sloping direction to- 

 wards the wall. 'I'his is proper to be done in 

 order to fonn thein into good trees, as, bv iire- 

 venting the upward direction, it causes lateral 

 shoots to be sent (lut near the parts they are bud- 

 ded from. In attending to the shoots that are 



