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EXPLANATION OF PLATE 4. 

 Fig. 1. 



An old cherry-tree headed down at c. Before this its 

 branches were covered with the gum and canker, as Fig 2. 



The fore-right shoots should be tucked in, as direct- 

 ed for pears ; and at the fall of the leaf, or in the month 

 of February, they should be cut at a : These form the fruit- 

 buds £ifc, all over the tree. 



c, c, The cicatrices where the leading shoot was 



headed in different seasons. 



d. The composition applied where large limbs were 



cut off. 



Fig. 2. 



A branch of this tree before it was headed down. 



e, £s?c. Branches injudiciously pruned in summer; 

 which brings on the death of the shoot, and afterwards the gum 

 and canker on the tree. 



y, /, ££?c. The gum and canker in the last stage, which 

 corrodes the whole tree if not carefully extirpated. 



