23^^ ATREATISEOF 

 of hoop or circle of fmall afh or haflc, 

 fomewhat fmaller than hop-poles, which 

 muft be fupported by three or four ftakes, 

 at fuch a height, that the branches may 

 be tied to the hoop within fix inches of the 

 upper end, in the fame rifmg pofition they 

 were firft confined. 



After this is done, the tree will nearly 

 reprefent Fig. 6. and muft by the fame me- 

 thod be brought to the fhapc of Fig. 7. 

 till the firft made branches arc about eight 

 feet long, and fuch as extend further muft 

 be taken quite out clofe to the part they 

 proceed from and not fhortened. 



I have feen thefe fort of dwarfs greatly 

 abufed, by too much ftiortening or ftump- 

 ing ; efpecially at firft, before they begin 

 to fhoot ftrongly, and then they cut them 

 again becaufe they are too vigorous ; by 

 which means, a tree is much longer before 

 it bears, than it would otherwife be. 

 : Branches of dwarf-trees fhould never be 

 fhortened, but where flioots are wanting, 

 or to take out a canker'd part ; and fuch 

 as are grown fo long as to crofs, or touch 

 others, muft be taken out in the winter, 

 and the neareft flioot that is fuitable con- 

 fined to its place. Branches 



