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them, their Fiuit would be rather more, thanleffe 

 forward, than that winch gro vs in the middle of the 

 Tree > I count it general, that the undcr-Boughs 

 ought never to be cutorY, but when you have refpeil 

 tografs Roots, or other Garden-fluff, which grows 

 under the Trees,or for the fecurity of the Trees from 

 the browfingof Cattle, fo that to bare the Trunck ot 

 the Tree, for four, five, or fix yards, as fome doe, 

 and nourifh it to no profit, but to bear and carry up 

 the head to another Region, that Rooks may the bet- 

 ter build therein, is a common folly, and ridiculous, 

 if well confidered. 



And for lopping off great Boughs, T may here adde 

 an obfervation touching E 1ms, which is, That if the 

 top of an Elm of any bignefs be cut off, the rot 

 will immediately begin there, and by wet, and other 

 accidenrs, run downward, and caufe that hallownefs 

 which is ordinarily feen in Trees of this kinde. 



Another Rule of pruning, is, That the Gardiner 

 never cut off thofe Boughs which are fet and adopted 

 for bearing, which is eahly known for Rofes particu- 

 larly : Fafps and Vines always bear upon a frefh 

 fprout, {hot forth the fame Spring, fo that the more 

 you prune a Rofe, Pvafp, or Vine, the more frefli 

 fprouts of that Springs growth are emitted, and the 

 more fuch fprouts, the greater number of Rofes, 

 Rafps and Grapes fucceed, unlefs fome particular: 

 accident deftroys them. Many Fruits bear from the 

 ilioots of the antecedent Spring, as the generality ot 

 Apples, Pears, Peaches, Ne&arins, Aprecots : Many 

 feem to grow from Wood of longer growth, but m 

 that a man may be ea(ily miftaken, becaufe a very lit- 

 tle, and a Spring of fcarce difcernsble growth, may 

 be enough to ferve as a foundation to the pedal of the 



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