LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Figure. P*°^- 



I.— An old method of controlling the food-supply of a tree— 

 a wire fastened tightly round it and now embedded in the 



bark 4 



—The method of root-pruning 5 



Azalea shoot with young groiyths as the result of the removal 



of the seed-podR .... -.- ■■• ••■ ••• •■• ••• 9 



Section of a tree trunk, with a thin ring of wood formed in 



a year in which food was scarce 'o 



Side-shoot cut back to form fruit spur 12 



— Bees fertilising Apple blossom ... ... ... '4 



Section of Apple blossom '4 



Samples of soil in water ; 25 



— Layer of loose cells at the base of the, leaf-stalk when the 



leaf is ready to fall 27 



Planting a fruit tre^ ... ... ... ... ... 30 



Removing a sucker 3 J 



— The effect of not cutting away a sucker completely ... ... 34 



— Tying a fruit tree 35 



— A Bush fruit tree Pnned 40 



— A Standard Pruned / 41 



A Pyramid ... ... ■ ... ... ... ... 4J 



— Espalier fruit tree and Cordon 44 



AjjIiis and rrd spider ... ... ... ... ... ... ... z,6 



— I'c'.ir and rhfrry Sawfly jS 



