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shall assume. For, if it bft present to the 

 mind, a slight operation upon a young 

 plant seldom fails to cause nature's efforts 

 to tend, principally, to the desired point; 

 after which, a few minutes attention, be- 

 stowed periodically, generally completes 

 the business. Every single tree will be a 

 living picture ; nature will appear in her 

 most imposing attitudes; while the skill 

 Avhich directed her efforts remains Avhere 

 it should be; — unseen, — almost unsus- 

 pected. Examples follow. 



Short Stems, with Flat Heads. — Trees, 

 for this purpose, must have no other 

 branches taken off, than so far as is ne- 

 cessary to clear the stem to the intended 

 height ; as the side branches alone are, in 

 this case, to form the head ; therefore, 

 when a tolerable quantity of these are 

 from three to six feet long, the leader or 

 leaders above them may be displaced ; 

 and if others afterwards take an upright 

 direction, so as to overtop the rest consi- 



