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.near, that is, touching it, it has the effed: 

 of throwing the branches forward when 

 they come to be of ftrength ; fo that they 

 are with difficulty kept properly drefied. 

 To fay that the roots of the plants are in- 

 jured more or lefs by its being placed a 

 few inches nearer to, or farther from the 

 wall, would be abfurd ; and yet this has 

 been advanced. 



Let them be fettled with a little water, 

 and duly attended to with that element in 

 dry weather, the whole of the firft Sum- 

 mer. Alfo, let a little mulch be laid round 

 each of them; which will tend to keep 

 their roots from being injured by the froft 

 in Winter, and the early part of Spring, 

 and alfo from being fcorched by the fun in 

 Summer. 



SECTION IV. 



On Training the different Kinds of the above Trees on Walls 

 and Efpalicrs. 



I. APPLES. THHESE trees may be train- 

 JL ed either in the horizon- 

 tal or fan manner, with facility. But I 

 R 2 prefer 



