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J, 1, 1J, and 2 yards above the ground (see Figs. 3 and 4). They 

 should be cut close above the dormant eyes, so that the new growth 

 forms whorl-shaped ramifications, which serve the birds as a foundation 

 for their nests. 



Fig. 4. FRESHLY PRUNED BUSHES. 



These whorl-shaped sprouts must be cut back next year, as in Fig. 5, 

 and this must be done annually as in Fig. 6, for this causes them to 

 ramify, and the birds settle in them all the more readily. In older 



Fig. 5. ONE-YEAR-OLD WHORLS RECENTLY 



PRUNED'. 



shelter- woods, where the bushes are provided with old, thick whorls 

 (see Fig. 6), the whorls of each separate stock-bush are cut back only 



