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through which the sap is purified and refined. However, 

 pomology is so rich in good fruits, that we generally prefer 

 grafting a variety of established reputation to improving the 

 inferior ones by these circuitous operations. 



The re-grafting of large trees is not yet well understood. 

 It is wrong to trim them down too closely instead of furnishing 

 them with a sufficient number of shoots to absorb the supply 

 of nourishment elaborated by the roots. The stronger a tree 



Large trees prepared for restoration by grafting. 



is the greater the number of its branches which should be 

 grafted, and the greater the number of scions which should 

 be inserted on them. The engraving represents three trees, 

 tall standards of different dimensions, ready for grafting or 

 re-grafting. The number of branches retained is in proportion 

 to the strength of each subject. The result will be that each 

 will be more speedily furnished with a well-developed fresh 

 growth, than if this discrimination were not observed. Should 



