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particularly those on the thorn, may be kept 

 down to a size scarcely above that of a goose- 

 berry bush, and when in fruit they are very 

 pretty. They are, however, shorter lived 

 than the dwarf of a larger size. In China, 

 the different species even of the largest grow- 

 ing forest trees, are dwarfed to a similar di- 

 mirmti veness, by a modification of Layering 

 already described. These Chinese dwarfs, 

 once formed, are said to live and bear fruit for 

 a great number of years. 



Root Pruned Dwarf Pears. The mode of 

 dwarfing the pear by root-pruning, has been 

 very successful in England ; and, from some 

 little experience of our own, we are strongly 

 inclined to believe that it will prove equally 

 adapted to our New England soil and climate. 

 Trees of one to three inches in diameter, 

 branching low, and of a stocky habit, are the 

 best subjects to operate upon. The process of 

 forming them is simple, thus : 



Dig a circular ditch around the tree, about 

 one foot wide and two feet deep. The ditch 

 should be somewhere about as many feet dis- 

 tant from the tree, as the latter is inches in 

 diameter ; for rather large trees the distance 

 should be less than in this proportion ; but the 

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