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as they appear ; and otherwise carefully attend 

 to tliem, as above directed, while they continue to 

 flourish, or to do any good worthy of such attend- 

 ance. 



MoUmUx. 



THE CHERRY-HOUSE. 



Of the Cherry -Houses forced this Season, 



It will now be proper to prune and dress the plants 

 preparatory to forcing again the first of next year. 

 Keferring the reader to the subject of pruning the 

 trees in this compartment for March ; supposing 

 they have been treated as there directed ; and that, 

 being in a full bearing state, they have made little 

 wood, very little pruning will now be requisite — 

 probably nothing further than moderately to thin 

 out the spurs, and to prune off any accidental breast- 

 wood or water-shoots that may have risen since the 

 crop M'as gathered. 



The leading shoots, except for the purpose of pro- 

 ducing wood to fill up any blank or vacancy, need 

 not be shortened; nor need those in the lower parts 

 of the tree, except for the same reason. But if it 



