FRUIT-TREES. 213 



there 'being many plans of that fort al- 

 ready extant. 



CHAP. LXXIV. . 



The explanation of Plate VL and pruning 

 of a Fig-tree againft a wall. 



'"ff^HIS plate fliews the fhapes of a fig- 

 X tree of different ages : Fig. i . is ei- 

 ther a tree jufl planted, with three branches 

 left on, or one that has been planted a 

 year, with three buds, or more upon it, 

 which has produced jQioots. 



Fig. 2. is a tree a year older than the firfl:, 

 brought to the fhape it appears in, by dif- 

 placing all other buds but thofe which pro- 

 duced the fhoots. 



Fig. 3, is a tree almoft full grown, tho' 

 it had the fame fhapes as the other two 

 figs when it was young, and the horizon- 

 tal parts A B and A C, were like A and B 

 in Fig. I. but had they been laid horizon- 

 tally when fo fliort, they would not have 

 reached near enough the out Tides of the 

 fpace defigned for the whole tree ; and as 

 they would increafe but flowly in length 

 P 3 after 



