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mined s and, by cutting out Tome, and ty- 

 ing others to poles, the tree muft be brought 

 as hear as poffible to the intended fhape, 

 and if in fome places there is too great a va- 

 cancy betwixt the horizontals, and in other 

 places too little fpace between each other, 

 they muft be brought to more equal dif- 

 tances ; if they be too ftrong to bend in 

 their whole fubftance, they may be cut half 

 through, and then tied to poles that are 

 properly fixed, to fupport them in fuch po- 

 fitions as they are defired to grow in. 



Obferve, that the parts cut muft be left 

 with a very fmooth furface, to prevent the 

 wet entering in, which would caufe the 

 tree to decay : a hand-faw is a ready inftru- 

 ment to cut off large branches, but it leaves 

 a roughnefs, which fhould be taken off 

 with a fharp chilTeL ^^ 



Before the faw is ufed, there fhould be 

 a large cut made on the under fide of the 

 limb intended to be taken off, to prevent 

 the bark being tore from the ftem, when 

 the weight of a branch caufes it to break 

 off before the faw is quite through. 



The branches that are taken off muft 



be cut clofe to the ftem or horizontal which 



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