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the small rootlets, and none of them arose from 

 the callus ; and there was no tendency for them 

 to arise from the lower end of the stub (compare 

 Figs. 154, 155, 156). 

 Two similar apple trees 

 were trimmed in differ- 

 ent ways, and a month 

 after planting they were 

 taken up and engravings 

 made. The close-pruned 

 specimen (Fig. 162) was 

 barely alive, but the 

 other (Fig. 163) was 

 making a good growth. 

 The roots shown in 

 Figs. 161 and 162 are 

 not of the form pre- 

 scribed by Mr. String- 

 fellow, nor is it possi- 

 ble to prune most strong 

 New -York -grown trees 

 in that fashion. How- 

 ever, many of the trees 

 had strong lateral roots, 

 and with these care was 

 taken to copy the ortho- 

 dox form; and some ff 

 of these are illustrated. 

 For example, Fig. 164 



162. Reduced 

 to a cutting. 



163. Better results 



shows the roots of four w ith roots left. 



