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tains about 90°. The other branches are all treated as 
subordinate members. 
Fig. 12. 
The form @ la Dumoutier (so called from its inventor 
and described at great length by Lelieur), is merely a re- 
finement on the Montrueil method. It will be sufficient 
to mention to the experienced trainer (and none other can 
be expected to execute this form), that the formation of 
the tree commences with the inferior limbs, and proceeds 
Fig. 18. 
towards the centre, the branches being lowered from time 
to time, as the tree acquires strength. What is most wor-: 
thy of notice in this method is the management of the sub- 
ordinates in the pruning for fruit. When a shoot promises 
blossom, it is generally at some distance from the point of 
