Pruning. 85 
the gardens which have been cut rather heavily 
year after year are those which suffer most severe 
ly from green fly. Whereas some of the gardens 
which are pruned very lightly have no green fly 
at all. his shows that it does not do to prune 
heavily too many years in succession. 
Never prune all your garden in the same 
way, as if you do the rush of leaf will come on 
all over the place at the same time, whereas if 
two-thirds of the garden is pruned lightly and 
one-third heavily, two-thirds of the place will 
flush tremendously at the beginning of season, 
and the flush from one-third will be heaviest in 
July and August, and the garden will be able 
to be worked with much fower coolies. If too 
much of the garden is pruned heavily, all the 
teas will be weakened, but if a small portion is 
treated this way every year, the other tea will 
bring up the strength, and a steady increase will 
be made every year instead of an uncertain crop. 
If the garden has to be worked with a very small 
force of coolies, very light pruning will do best, as 
when the rush comes in April no other work is 
