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the trees are young, we think very prejudicial ; and 

 his restricting pruning to trees under 15 or 210 feet 

 in height, equally erroneous. About 15 years ago, 

 we selected a number of young trees several years 

 planted, and low and bushy, in an open situation. We 

 treated one half of these in a manner similar to what 

 our author inculcates, pruning away most of the 

 lower branches, and also any irregular top ones : and 

 the other portion, though very bushy, we left to na- 

 ture's own discretion, merely correcting several which 

 threw up more than one leader. The result has 

 been, that those much pruned up have required con- 

 stant attention to the top and repeated pruning, they 

 continuing to break forth into irregular branches and 

 numerous leaders, and thence have sustained consi- 

 derable loss of growth ; while those let alone, after 

 hanging several years in bush fashion, of then* own 

 accord have thrown up fine leaders, which now form 

 beautiful, upright stems, with sufficiency of regular 

 lateral branches or feeders, requiring little or no at- 

 tention ; while the original bush at the gromid, from 

 the size and overshadowing of the superior tree, ap- 

 pears now so diminutive as to be unworthy of notice. 

 We do not mean to inculcate that pruning is super- 

 fluous ; on the contrary, when judiciously executed, 

 under regulation of the purpose for which the parti- 



