96 THE FORCING GARDENER. [B. I. 



lateral of the fide (hoots, after being Hopped, 

 will puih a freih fhoot ; which fuffer to grow 

 two or three joints, and then flop it again, 

 otherwife the uppermofl eye of the proper 

 fhoot will break. Repeat this operation, 

 on the lateral produced by the fir ft lateral, 

 as occafion may require, till the growth 

 of the fhoot' is quite flopped for the fea- 

 fon. 



When the plant has done growing, the 

 wood ripe, and when the leaves begin to 

 drop ; it is then the proper time for pru- 

 ning*. Let the middle fhoot be headed 

 down to three, four, or five feet, according 

 to its flrength ; and the two fide ones to 

 two eyes each. 



Next feafon, the plants will pufh vigo- 

 ; roufly. Train the uppermoft fhoot of the 



middle 



* This operation mould nevsr be deferred longer : 

 for, if it is, it rarely happens that the plants do not 

 bleed in a greater or lefs degree, the {topping of which 

 is attended with much difficulty ; and, to effecl: which, 

 an application of hot wax anfwers as well as any thing. 

 Care mould alfo be taken to keep the plants from the 

 extremes of heat and cold for ten or twelve days after 

 pruning, that the wound.s may gradually heal, and the 

 pores contract; otherwife they are apt -to burft out a- 

 frefh, when the forcing is begun. 



