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are to remain, and if but one year old,, 

 -with their fir ft head from the budding 

 entire •, then, in March following, cue 

 them wholly down to five or fix eyes, as 

 directed in the nurfery, to promote fe- 

 veral lateral branches below, to form 

 the head regularly quite from the bot- 

 tom, as before mentioned ; but if they 

 were previoufly headed in the nurfery, 

 and obtained a proper fupply of bottom 

 branches to form the head regularly^, 

 they need not now be cut fo fhort, only 

 to eight, ten, or twelve inches, and 

 nailed regularly and horizontally to the 

 wall, about four or five inches afunder* 



Then obferving in both cafes, that as 



the trees thus (hortened will foon after 



{hoot out ftrongly from all the remain- 

 ing 



