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to be tranfplanted ftiouldhave their bran- 

 ches thinned in the winter, but not fhorten^ 

 ed; and fuch healthy ones muft be chofen 

 to remain, as will the earliefl: reprefent the 

 feveral figures in Plate VII. that are de-^ 

 ligned for the fnapes of a ftandard-tree at 

 different ages. 



There fliould be one of the ftrongeft, 

 and mofl upiight branches chofen to form 

 the upper part of the ftem, if there be a 

 fufficient number of horizontal branches 

 growing from it, at or near fuch places as 

 they are required, that is, each fet to be 

 about two feet above each other, and at 

 each place four ; but, if they are not in a 

 horizontal pofition, they may be helped 

 by a proper bandage. 



But if the ftrongefl and mofl: upright 

 branch be not fo well furnilhed for that 

 purpofe, as another which is lefs upright, 

 then the former muft be taken out, and 

 the latter confined by bandage to a fliape 

 as much upright as may be, by the rules 

 given for thofe newly planted. 



Immediately after their leaves are fhed, 

 is the properell time for thinning of bran- 

 ches, and every part of a tree mufl: be exa- 

 mined ^ 



