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exactly where desired, the tree will become lop-sided and ungrace- 

 ful, and as sometimes these trees fail to put out shoots exactly in 

 balance we can secure uniformity by inserting one or more buds 

 just where required, and thus "save its face/' which, without the 

 knowledge of grafting and budding, we would be compelled to rele- 

 gate the specimen to the less attractive form of the ordinary bush 

 in a "happy go lucky" or "hit or miss" style. Again, in case of fail- 

 ure from any cause of one of these trees to furnish fruit spurs along 

 the stem and leaving irregular bare spots unfurnished, we can amend 

 the fault by budding where required. 



Bush tree 4 years' old 



"Cox's Orange Pippin 



Fig. 56 



Pyrimid in October 



From Photo 



Fig. 57 



