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SOME SPECIFIC ADVICE 



the various preceding pictures. It is also illus- 

 trated in Figs. 137 and 138, in each of which 

 the marks across the branches show where the 

 cutting may be done. Fig. 139 is designed to 



138. Showing where to 

 cut the limbs. 



139. Trimming to 

 stubs. 



show where the branches may be severed in trees 

 which it is desired to head -in very closely. One 

 or two of the lower branches are to be entirely 

 cut off, and others cut back to one or two 

 buds, as shown at c. 



In all the cases which we have so far considered, 



