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First, procure a coarse file or rasp, and having 

 fixed on the exact part of the corner of the building 

 round which the shoot is to be trained, file a small por- 

 tion of the edge away in the form of a segment of a 

 circle about three quarters of an inch deep, rounding 

 off the edges of the circular part, so as to make the 

 surface of it over which the shoot is to be trained, as 

 smooth and as round as possible. The shoot could not 

 be bent round the corner without a portion of the latter 

 being thus filed away, but it can be done a great deal 

 easier with it. 



Secondly, then take the shoot in both hands, and in 

 a very gradual and cautious manner, bend it a little at 

 a time until it is made to assume a sufficient degree 

 of curvature to answer the required purpose. As soon 

 as this is the case, cut out, very smoothly, all the buds 

 that are on the shoot betwixt the stem of the vine and 

 the corner of the budding ; after which nail that part 

 of the shoot firmly to the wall. Then laying the 

 shoot in the groove at the corner prepared for it, bend 

 the terminal part of it very slowly and carefully to- 

 wards the other side of the wall, and when you have 

 got the second bud from the corner, within about two 

 inches of the surface of the wall, put a strong shred 

 round the shoot just behind that bud, and nail it to the 

 wall in that position. If it were brought closer to the 

 wall, it would be in danger of snapping asunder. Then 

 cut the shoot back to within an inch of the second 

 bud, leaving, thereby, no more buds than the two al- 

 ready named. The shoots that will proceed from 

 these buds in the following summer, can easily be 

 trained close to the wall in the desired direction ; and 

 at the ensuing winter training, the small portion of the 

 shoot near the corner may then be brought close to 

 the surface of the wall without danger. 



Thirdly, if, notwithstanding these precautions, the 



