THE PRACTICAL PLANTER. 



such, if, in kind, they come under the de- 

 scription of SHIP TIMBER, it is obvious what 

 course to take, in order to turn them to pro- 

 fit. Others, which are found inclining up- 

 wards, although in disorder in respect of 

 pruning, in time may be induced to shoot 

 tall and straight. 



It has been observed in Chapter V. that 

 hedge-row trees should generally be trained 

 to long stems of about twenty feet, &c. : but 

 this is to be understood of young plants which 

 have been properly cared for, or of such as 

 are not larger in the bole than the thigh, or 

 so. For it might be hazardous to dress up the 

 stems of larger trees, especially those not in a 

 very vigorous state of growth, inasmuch as 

 the wounds might heal slowly, or with dif- 

 ficulty be covered with fresh bark. 



However, for the sake of the live-fence, if 

 crowded with under branches, the larger 

 ones may be shortened back to the last twig 

 or lateral of strength sufficient to sustain the 

 vigour, and prevent the decay of the stump, 

 provided the twig be not placed within twenty 

 or thirty inches of the bole, or that the stem 

 of the tree, in all probability, will never be 



