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prune to an outside bud of the branch. If the brandies 

 be cut at an inside bud, as at A, figure 57, the growth 

 from the upper buds will be as in figure 58 ; but if the 

 cut at an outside bud, I>, figure 57, the new branches will 

 spread apart, as shown in figure 59. To make a stem 



PRUNING TO IMPROVE FORM. 



grow erect, in the annual cutting back which young 

 trees require, select the bud intended for a leader on 

 opposite sides each successive year, and the tree will 

 grow upright. Selecting it two or three years on the same 

 side, will cause the trunk to incline in that direction. 

 Symmetrical growth is not only agreeable to the eye, but it 

 assists in maintaining the equilibrium of vegetation, pre- 

 venting the sap from being drawn more to one side than 

 the other. 



Pruning to Renew the Growth.— When a tree has 



