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EXPLANATION OF PLATE IL 



Fig. I. 



An old hollow Green-gage Plum-tree the second 

 year after heading down. This tree was very much 

 decayed^ having only a few inches of sound bark ; 

 many of the roots being also rotten and decayed 

 were cut off, and an incision made at a, which 

 produced a fresh root. 



h. The first heading, close to a bud. 



c, c. The new wood and bark growing over 

 the hollow part d^ which is covered with the 

 Composition. 



e, e, &c. Where the second year's heading was 

 performed. 



f^ f. Where the foreright shoots are cut off 

 during the Winter or Spring pruning. 



g, gi g, &c. The fruit-buds for next year, as 

 they appear after the foreright shoots are cut off, 

 as at f,f. 



Fig, II, 



A branch, on a larger scale, to show the manner 

 of cutting those foreright shoots, which are ftill 



