Pruning. 
the bush) until the shoot is well up and nearly 
level with the rest of bush. When the garden is an 
ordinary hill garden, chiefly China plant and is 
pruned fairly lightly, it will cost from Rs. 6-8 
annas to Rs, 7 an acre, If cut down or heavy 
pruned, much less, about Rs. 4 an acre. The 
pruning the year after cutting down will cost 
about Rs. 4 an acre. Sometimes portions of 
gardens are not pruned at all and let run until 
July, in some cases where the plots aredamp, 
the result will be very satisfactory. Pieces burnt 
down to the ground come up splendidly from the 
Toots, this is well-worth trying on ridges, and 
very bad pieces. Another system is to cut right 
down to ground and earth up over the cut. Tho 
shoots force their way through the soil and look 
like new bushes, Always start pruning on the 
shady side of a garden and if you begin pruning 
early, on the highest part. The sap going down 
sooner in the colder places. If pruning is begun 
on the sunny side an early Banghy flush is sure 
to be the result, 
It is a curious circumstance, that several of 
