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enters only one bud for the produc- 

 tion of a Ihoot, IS received by four buds, 

 the four fhoots that proceed from them 

 will be of a lefs fize in proportion to their 

 number. 



A weak tree is to be Improved by nail- 

 ing y for according as It is performed, it 

 contributes either to the ftrengthening of 

 a tree that Is weak, or to Its continuance 

 In the fame condition , for the more ereft 

 the branches are placed, the more eafily 

 does the fap pafs to their extremities, and 

 there forms much flronger fhoots than 

 when they are placed horizontally, for 

 then the fap puflies almoft equally at every 

 bud on the upper fide of the branch, which 

 renders the Ihoots proceeding from them 

 weaker In the fame proportion as their 

 number is to one. But to nail upright 

 and difplace ufelefs buds, are the beft me- 

 thods that I am acquainted with in prun- 

 ing, to procure ftrong flioots from weak 

 trees, v^hlch are the chief things to be ob- 

 tained in order to form fuch as the Fig, 

 4, 5, and 6. for they all reprefent a ftrong 

 tree of different ag^s j and if all the 

 former rules be obferved in preparing foils, 



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