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pruned regularly, in a few years they will 

 thrive and be fine trees. 



IF under- wood and timber is defigned, 

 and that the under-wood is to remain, the 

 timber-trees mould be marked, and all the 

 trees round them have all their fide-branches 

 lhagged orT a foot long, fo as to give air 

 and harden the tree that is toftand, which 

 fhould have all the ftrong branches cut off 

 clofe to the ftem. 



NEXT winter all the trees round the 

 timber-tree mould be fbubbed, and it mould 

 be drefled according to the directions for 

 pruning. The winter following all the 

 trees that are defigned for under-wood 

 mould be cut clean clofe by the ground ; 

 they will moot very faft and grow very 

 thick. The timber-trees mould not be left 

 nearer than fifty feet to each other, for it 

 is impoflible to have good under-wood if 

 they are nearer. 



