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indeed where it is not practised, the plants sel- 

 dom fail of being drawn into the opposite un- 

 sightly extreme. 



In two or three years from the first planting, 

 many of them will be grown to as large a size 

 as the house will admit. The knife must be 

 then freely used among such, to keep them 

 within bounds, and prevent their injuring each 

 other; which they inevitably would, if permit- 

 ted to grow too close together. However, in 

 performing this, one must be very careful, lest 

 they disfigure the general appearance of the 

 plant, cutting away only the rude and over- 

 grown parts, which should be taken clean off 

 without leaving any of the stumps behind. The 

 younger parts which are suffered to remain, 

 should then be tied neatly up so as to form a 

 handsome middling sized bush. 



It will also be necessary to observe whether 

 any have outgrown their neighbours in the 

 front rows ; these may conveniently be moved 

 into more backward situations, and their places 

 supplied with other new varieties, if to be had. 



This work may be done with safety any time 

 in Spring or Autumn, when the weather hap- 

 pens lo be a little dull ; it will be adviseable, 



