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EXPLANATION OF PLATE 8. 

 Fig. 1. 



An old decayed Beurre pear-tree headed down at and 

 restored from one inch and a half of live bark. 



a, a, a, ^c. The fruit-buds for the present year. 



b, by b, ^c. Those forming for next year. 



c, c, £s?c. The foot stalks of the fruit of last year, on 

 which are forming buds for bearing in the second year. 



d, d, £s?c. The fore-right shoots as they appear before they 

 are cut off at in the autumn or spring pruning. 



d. The manner of tucking in the fore-right branches. 



fjf^ £s?c. Cicatrices of the different headings, which cause 

 the leading shoot to produce horizontal shoots. 



g, g. Large wounds, having the composition applied, 

 healing up. 



Fig. 2. 



An old branch of the same tree before it was headed down, 

 trained and pruned in the old way, with spurs standing out a 

 foot, or afoot and a half, from the wall; and the rough bark, 

 infested with a destructive insect, which is described and a me- 

 thod of cure given, in chap. 28. See Coccus, and Plate 9. Fig. 3. 



