Practical /'<>/<.s/n/ 



Mien- arc fi IV w exceptions the hirrli, sycamore ;in<l 

 maple where, on accoiinl of profuse Needing, pruniii" 

 I i.id hest he [xtsl | loi KM I I ill alter full foliage has heen ;i 1 1 a,ine< I . 



Much mischief has heen dour l.y the pruning knife, and 

 si ill more liy I lu- handhill ;md saw when placed in (he hands 

 of inexperienced workmen a, fad thai is apparent l an\ 

 interested JXM-SOM who visits \arious pa.rls of the roimh\. 



\\'lirn condnctcMl \\ilh care, on sound |rinci|)lcs, the rllVrl. 

 of pruning on the <-lass of liinlx-r rrfrrrr| (o is liij;ld\' IM-IM- 

 licial, \\hnvas, \\hcn done in a, Impha/aid \\ a \ and l>\ .111 



inexperienced hand, it is often aiicndcd \\iih great danger 



and jjj'avr results. 



In cutting of foreshortening small l>ian h a sharp 



porkrl kllllr \\ill I)C foillld llin.s! coll \ ( 'I I i< "II t , hill \\licil I. 



limits ha\c lo !>< remoxcd (he pninin* 1 sa,\\ hould he hromdil 

 into i'e(juest. The hianeh to he removed, es|>eciall\ it of 

 lar^e si/e and weighty, should lies! he ml Ihrou^h at an\ 

 convenient distance from (he main stem, thus preventing 

 split I iiiL 1 ; and leariiiL 1 ; of t he hark, after \\ hieh 1 he st limp ma \ 

 he neall\ . a,\\ n through as close lo 1 he hole of the Ire. 

 possihle. rndereuttin^ hy a, few dra.u^hts of the saw 

 \\ill here also j_'o far in |>re\ cut in<; tejirinij; of the \\<>nd and 

 hark. So as to render I he a \\ ciil smooth and prevent 

 water lod^ill^ <n the surface. I he lace and edye should he 

 nea.tly div.ssed \\ilh an ad/.e or sharp pruning knife, and 

 then pamled \\tlh tar. \\'hen eulliii" o\er an upii"hl 

 grovsni!' hraneh, such as in pollarding trees, etc., never cut 

 on the horizontal, hut always in a, slopiny direction, so that 

 t he rain may pass of! (juickly. 



