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this, or any other reason, it should be wished 

 to renew them, the reader should know that he 

 can generally do so. We present some exam- 

 ples, all of them taken from life. It will give 

 the reader a clearer idea of the subject if we 

 describe what was actually done in each case. 

 Fig. 119 is from an arm that had been laid 



down one year. The A on the right shows 

 where the cane had been pruned. It was cut 

 low to start two base buds, but only one grew, 

 and the cane from this got so broken during 

 the winter that it became necessary to start 

 again. It was cut at the left A, and made a 

 fine cane for a spur. It is ill-shaped, to be sure, 

 but in two or three years, or as soon as elab- 

 orated matter has accumulated at the junction 

 of the arm and the spur, it may be cut off at 



