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according to its length. As thofe tw^ 

 branches made from B want length fo^' 

 horizontals, they ought to be cut off abou^ 

 fix inches from the ftem, and their buds 

 all taken ofr but the uppermoft, by which 

 they will make longer flioots the next 

 year. 



I come now to the horizontals A and C, 

 which muft be examined to find whether 

 they be both alive ; and if there be one 

 dead, another muft be procured fome way 

 or other, either from the ftem or from the 

 other fide. If the ftem be well furniflied 

 at top with flioots of a proper length for 

 this purpofe, they ought to be longer than 

 thofe that grow ftraight from the ftem 

 without turning ; let one be turned down 

 to the place where it is wanted, but let 

 that part of it which is brought downward 

 be kept as near the ftem as may be, till it 

 is brought to the place for which it is 

 defigned -, but if this can't be done, a (hoot 

 muft be taken from the other horizontal : 

 if there be any of a fufficient length, and 

 if a horizontal can't be gained by either 

 of thefe ways, the firft opportunity that 

 offers in the fummer following, muft be 



made 



