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laying the shoot in the groove at the corner prepared 

 for it, bend the terminal part of it very slowly and 

 carefully towards 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 dan- 

 ger of snapping asunder. Then cut the shoot back 

 to within an inch of the second bud, leaving, thereby, 

 no more buds than the two already named. The 

 shoots that will proceed from these buds in the fol- 

 lowing 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 

 shoot should break during the operation, there will 

 yet be some portion of the bark of the inner side of 

 it that will connect the parts together, and this, if 

 managed in the following manner, will ultimately re- 

 unite the broken parts. Take a piece of thick wool- 

 len cloth about six inches long, and four broad, and, 

 binding it firmly round the shoot where it is broken, 

 tie it closely with small packthread at each end, but 

 not in the middle where the breach is. The object of 

 this is to keep the air from the wound, and also the 

 parts moist, which is effected by the bandage being 

 of woolen, the inner folds of which will scarcely ever 

 be dry, even in the hottest weather. If this bandage 

 be put on carefully, the parts will firmly reunite by 

 the close of the next growing season, and it may then 

 be taken off". 



