OF DWARF FRUIT TREE CULTURE. 



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Upright Cordon Gooseberries. Only 9 inches 

 between the plants. After Philip Le Cornu 



Fig- 65 



closely they agree with the English practice, although they were ex- 

 perts in the art of dwarfing trees centuries before the English horti- 

 culturists ever heard of the subject. To such perfection have they 

 brought the art that dwarf trees of over 400 years growth in pots are 

 to be seen at the present day, sound and healthy, still growing in 

 pots. 



Treatment of Thuja Obtusa (a variety of the Arbor Vite) Dur- 

 ing spring and summer, by preference, keep this plant in a sunny, 

 airy situation where the wind will pass freely through the branches, 

 water once a day, giving just enough to make the soil moist ; in dry, 

 hot weather it may be necessary to give water twice a day, care, how- 

 ever, being taken not to have the soil wet, and never water unless the 

 plant needs it. Watering overhead in dry weather is bad, but rain is 

 always beneficial. 



