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securing that form. If the summer training 

 is properly done, the plant will have assumed 

 its proper form, but in reduced scale, by the 

 time that stopping should be discontinued, 

 and all that remains to be done after the 

 flowering growths have been made is to 

 tie them in the positions that they are natur- 

 ally inclined to occupy, no bending or twist- 

 ing of the shoots or branches being required. 

 Small stakes may be placed about the 

 plants, and such shoots as are not in the 

 proper position to aid in the symmetrical 

 construction of the intended form may be 

 drawn gradually to the point where needed 

 by placing a piece of soft cord about the 

 shoot, near the point, and tying it to the 

 stakes. This work must be carefully done, 

 as the shoots split very easily at the point 

 of juncture. If the plants grow well, com- 

 paratively few of the shoots will require 

 tying, as the stopping, if properly done, 

 will very nearly produce and maintain the 

 proper form. Allow some shoots to grow 

 longer than others to fill vacant spaces, 

 stopping those shorter that are growing 

 away too fast. The natural tendency of 

 the plant is to grow upward, consequently 



