Bo _ Pruning. 
amount of the sap which would otherwise go to 
make leaf at the top of the bush. On no account 
leave too much of the new wood, 3 or 4 inches is 
plenty. Do not trouble to level all your bushes, 
at any rate, do not cut away strong, young wood 
(leaving only 4 inch wood) for the sake of a flat 
surface, Cut the good wood 3 or 4 inches above 
the former years pruning make the coolies cut each. 
twig separately and not slash at them anyhow. 
Do not allow the coolies to carry away the old wood 
that is cut out of the bushes, as if you do, many 
of them will cut off good branches for fire-wood. 
Cup shaped pruning is done on many gardens, 
This is cutting heavily in the centre of bush and 
lightly at sides. The idea being that the bushes 
always grow strongest in the centre and will rush 
up quickly to a level. 
Stick pruning may pay on gardens much sub- 
ject to red spider, or with a clay subsoil, It 
is cutting to straight wood stripping the bushes 
of leaves and leaving the bare stems. One rarely 
sees a really satisfactory piece of work of this 
sort, 
