PRUNING. 



Fig. 57. 



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This is particularly suitable for hedge-row timber, 

 as it prevents the trees from overshading the land. It 

 must be observed, however, that though this method 

 gives soundness, it does not produce clearness of 

 grain, which is the grand object of pruning. (Fig. 58.) 

 Fig. 58. 



Section of a trunk which has been foreshortened, showing that 

 clear grained timber cannot be obtained by this method of pruning. 



