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IN pruning the roots of wall-trees, thofe 

 on the fide next the wall mould be all 

 cut off, as there is no occafion for any 

 but thofe that point from the wall ; but 

 for dwarfs or efpaliers, the cafe is quite 

 different ; the roots fhould be cut to 

 fpread as regular as pcfflible all round, that 

 they may be able to defend the tree, let 

 the wind blow from what quarter it will. 



IF the trees for dwarfs or efpaliers are 

 planted in autumn, it would be beft to 

 fatten them to a flake, and head them 

 down in fpring. A wet bottom is. very 

 bad for a kitchen-garden, efpecially to all 

 kind of trees \ for although fome of them 

 may thrive tolerably well, and bear a great 

 quantity of fruit, it is never good, if the 

 foil is prepared with all the art imaginable. 



ESPALIERS are now banifhed all good 

 gardens, for many reafons : if the trees 

 are on paradife-ftocks, they are of fhort 

 duration, and often decaying in patches, 

 which makes them very'unfightly. If on 



ftocks, 



