SECT. XII. OF PRUNING. IC9 



SECTION XII, 



OF PRUNING, 



1. OF WALL TREES. 



OF this " matter work of gardening," it has beti; 

 faid, " that gentlemen prune too little, and 

 gardeners too much;" thefe extremes are to be avoided, 

 as attended with peculiar evils, equally mifchievous: 

 Wall-trees are prefently fpoiled by either practice. If 

 they are too full of wood, the moots and fruits can- 

 not be properly. ripened, and if they are too thin, ther 

 confequence of the-cuttingihat has made them fo, is the 

 production of wood, . rather than fruit, forcing out 

 moots, where otherwife bloflbm buds would have been 

 formed. The defignation of trees to a wall neceiTarily 

 occafions cutting, and on the Jkilful ufe of the knife 

 much depends ; but let not the ingenious young gardener 

 be difcouraged at the appearance of difficulty : a little 

 fiudy, .practice^ and perfeverance will clear the way, 

 and if he does not become a complete primer at once, he- 

 will in a reafonable time, and the work will prove one 

 of the pleafanteft amufements of a garden, not attended 

 with fatigue. . 



Every one who has. walj-trees cannot keep ■d.profejj'ed- 



gardener, nor is every one who calls himfclt fo 4 



qualified to prune properly. It is a great mortification. . 



to a man, who wilhes to fee his trees in order, not to i 



G5 bo* 



