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A tree defigned foradwarf fhould, when 

 taken from the nurfery, have four branches 

 or more, no lefs than two feet long, growl- 

 ing from the ftem, betwixt twelve and 

 eighteen inches from the ground, as thofe 

 in Fig. 5. but it is better to have fix or 

 eight branches, that fome majr be taken off 

 in proportion to the lofs of roots : but if 

 there are not four, then the flrongeft muft 

 be cut to about four inches long, either at 

 the time of planting or foon after, to in- 

 creafe their number, with oiily as many 

 buds left on it at the upper end as there 

 are fhoots required. Their roots muft be 

 cut like thofe of wall-trees, and planted at 

 fixteen or eighteen feet apart, and the ftem 

 muft be placed erecl. But bbferve, that 

 all branches that are more than two feet 

 long at the time of planting, muft be cut 

 to make their number increafe, for at that 

 diftance from the ftem more branches are 

 required. 



When any of the ftioots are two feet 

 long, they mnft be inclined about forty- 

 five degrees, either by nailing or tying to 

 ftakes fixt in the border. 



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