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SOME SPECIFIC ADVICE 



the places to cut the branches in order to pro- 

 duce the desired outline. 



For removing the canes from bush -fruits (as 

 raspberries, gooseberries), roses and other shrubs, 



215. Powerful pruning shears. (The Myti- 

 cuttah, an English implement.) 



various hooks and spuds are useful. Three styles 

 of these are shown in Figs. 219, 220, 221. 



There are also many devices for cutting the 

 runners from strawberry plants, one thrust of 

 the implement leaving the hill in proper size ami 

 shape. One of these is represented in Fig. 222, 



