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EXPLANATION OF PLATE IIL 



Fig, L 



An old hollow Peach-tree, after the last nail- 

 ing in Summer, which had been headed down 

 at a, four years ago. The hollow is covered 

 over with the Composition, and now nearly filled 

 up. The heading must always be done as near to 

 a bud as possible. 



b, b, &c. Where the forked branches are to be 

 cut, when the small shoots c, c, &c. are far 

 enough advanced, that these may be trained 

 horizontally. 



When a shoot has single fruit buds to the top, 

 as at d, it must not be shortened, but laid in at full 

 length ; or, if not wanted, it must be cut clean 

 out. 



Fig, 11. 



A branch on a larger scale. 



Cy e. Are double flower-buds, with wood-buds 

 between them : the shoots should always be cut at 

 such ; but never at a single flower-bud, as at f ; 

 otherwise the shoot would die to the next wood-bud; 

 and, if the pruning were done in a careless man- 



