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'Tis cuftomary to tie or nail the trees to 

 ftakes, for two or three years after plant- 

 ing, before a frame is fet down, but it is 

 much better to fet dov/n the frames fooner, 

 for when trees are arrived lo this age, holes 

 for thepofts can't be made without deftroy- 

 ing fome of their roots. 



There muft be twice as many pofts as 

 trees, and placed at equal diftances from 

 each other, in fuch a manner, as that a 

 tree may ft and in the middle of every 

 other fpace. I have already given direc- 

 tions how to make borders for efpaliers ; 

 and the methods for cutting their roots and 

 planting them are the fame as for wall- 

 trees J but efpaliers don't require more 

 than three fourths of the fpace allowed for 

 others, becaufe they have the advantage of 

 putting out bearers on both fides, which 

 wall-trees have not. 



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