iia A TP.E ATISE OF 

 the extremities of the horizontals fhouldbc 

 nailed upright, to prevent their being in- 

 jured by the winds. 



I have not direcred what fnould be done 

 hi May, to the buds left in the fpring on 

 the upper end of the item at the point B ; 

 i£ they put out vigorouily, let them all re- 

 main, but if they be weak, take all off 

 but the ftrongeft : fometimes it happens 

 that they all put out ftrongly wdth colla- 

 terals of various lengths j in fuch cafe 

 they fhould not be cut out in the fummer, 

 but nailed up to the wall to fecure them 

 from the winds, and fo remain till No- 

 vember, or either of the two months fol- 

 lowing, all which are proper feafons for 

 pruning, which I v/iil now treat of in 

 the next chapter, and fliall refer to Fig. 5. 

 which is the fame v/ith Fig. 4^ when cut 

 and nailed a year after tranfplanting. 



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