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Sect. XV. 5 



Exfe(5b the exuberant growths, or bind 

 A wiry ringlet round the rindj 

 Or feize with Ihreds the leafy birth. 

 And bend it parallel to earth. 



When from their winter-lodge efcapc 

 The fwelling fig, or cluftering grape ; 

 Pinch off the fummit-lhoots, that rife. 

 Two joints above the fertile -eyes ; 

 But when with branches wide and tall 



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The vine fhall crowd your x^tlYis'd wall; 

 Or when from ftrong external roots 

 Each rafter owns three vigorous Ihoots ; 

 Watch, and as grows the afcending wood 

 Lop at two joints each lateral bud. 

 So fhall each eye a clufter bear 

 To charm the next fucceeding year j 

 And, as the fpiral tendrils cling. 

 Deck with fefloons the brow of fpring. 



But when the wintry cold prevails. 

 Attend wit^ chifel, knife, and nails ; 

 Of pears, plums, cherries, apples, figs. 

 Stretch at full length the tender twigs ; 

 Vine, neflarine, apricot, and peach, 

 ■Cut off one third or half of each^ 

 And, as each widening branch extends. 

 Leave a full fpan between the ends. 



Where crowded growths lefs fpace allc 

 Clofc iQp them from the parent bough ; 

 But when they rife too weak or few. 

 Prune out old wood, and train in new. 

 So, as each tree your wall receives. 

 Fair fruits fhall blufh amid the leaves. 



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