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where it is ir.tended to have more than one 

 row of thefe efpaliers, they mull be fet 

 from one another the diftance of three 

 feet. 



They Ihould be cut exaftly in the fame 

 manner a^. vines planted againft walls, v/ith 

 two courfes of horizontals, one tied to the 

 Jower b^r, and the other to the middle one : 

 the bearers of the lower horizontals may 

 be tied to the horizontal above, and the 

 bearers of this to the upper bar, and or- 

 dered in fummer as thofe againft walls. 

 The ground fhould be kept clear of weeds, 

 and a little lime ot coal-afhes dug in every 

 year after the trees are cut. 



CHAP. LXXXIIL 

 Of Pruning, &c. concave Dwarf-trees. 



THE 5th, 6th, and 7th figures In the 

 Vllth Plate, reprefent a dwarf-tree 

 of different ages, either concave or hori- 

 zontal. Concaves are much the propereft 

 for borders, becaufe they don't cover fo much 

 ground as horizontals, fuppofe the bran- 

 ches of both to be of equal length. 



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