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ON PRUNING. 



IN illustration of this part of my subject I 

 copy the following observations from a small 

 work, published in 1833, and now out of 

 print : 



" If we examine and consider attentively 

 the nature of a tree, it will be delightful to 

 observe its power of adapting itself to its situ- 

 ation, and its strength to resist the winds, 

 its endeavours to repair any injury it may 

 have sustained, and to fill up equally with its 

 branches every airy and light space within 

 its reach ; and the beautiful proportion of its 

 sprays, branches, limbs, and stem. The cut- 

 ting away of the underboughs of trees is of 



