114 THE MANSE GARDEN. 



would have the whole tree to possess only the quality 

 of that part which you have inserted, cut off all above 

 the bud, and if any young shoots appear beneath it, 

 let them be rubbed off with the finger before they 

 gain strength or diminish the resources of the wood 

 which you wish to cherish. Care must be early 

 taken, whether the tree be a standard or placed on 

 a wall, to guide on their proper path, or to guard 

 from the violence of winds, the young shoots pro- 

 ceeding from the bud. 



Remedies for canker, mildew, green-fly, &c., may 

 be reserved for a separate section, containing a gene- 

 ral census of the garden enemies, and the mode of 

 dealing with each. You are supposed to have done 

 your work in the department of fruit trees ; and it 

 may be as well to leave your enemies for a time to 

 do theirs, till you find out, by their works, who 

 and what they are, and so learn how to hinder their 

 operations not expecting to get rid of the agents. 

 For it is remarkable that man, once having dominion 

 over all the creatures, is now so weak that he cannot, 

 by any strength or skill of which he is possessed, 

 extirpate or finally subdue the smallest insect in the 

 universe. But as garden enemies are so different 

 in different places, you might deem it loss of time to 

 read of the hostilities which many of them commit, 

 and with which you may have nothing to do. We 

 shall therefore, noticing only the more prevalent as 

 we proceed, endeavour elsewhere so to arrange a 

 chapter of their offences that the reader may consult 

 that part only in which he is concerned, it being 

 probable that he will be content to leave the rest 

 alone. War of any kind is indeed interesting to 



