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others upon ftuds or fpurs ^ that proceed 

 from branches of two, three, four, or five 

 years old -, and fome kinds bear beft upon 

 collateral branches of near a foot in length 

 of that age, left to tlie direcHon of na- 

 ture, v/ithout being fliortned, as ftand- 

 ards when their branches are horizontal 

 or depending. I would have no other 

 branches left unnailed, but fuch as grow out 

 of the fides of others, and that don't much 

 exceed half a foot in length. 



Fig. 4r of the laft plate, reprefents a 

 tree properly flrong, and is the fame with 

 %. I. only tranfplanted, cut and nailed. 

 As I make ufe but of three names for all 

 the feveral branches of a tree, I fhall here 

 explain them, that the reader may better 

 iinderftand my meaning. The centre- 

 branch B is called the ftem, through which 

 the fap is conveyed from the roots, to ferve 

 all other parts of the tree -, the other two 

 A and C are horizontals, and thofe pro- 

 ceeding from the fides of them, as in fig, 

 5, and 6. are bearers. 



* W^hat I mean by ftuds or fpurs, are collateral 

 blanches not exceeding i^n^ inches, having buds at their 

 extremities. 



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