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uriant growth, indaced by a too liberal use of ma- 

 nures, together with too deep a soil. In our more 

 northern counties this is a somewhat common occur- 

 rence ; and young trees purchased from the nurseries 

 of a gross character, and planted in deep and rich 

 soils, will sometimes make shoots three or four feet in 

 length, which looks most flattering until the autumn 

 arrives, when, if it prove ungenial, the points of such 

 shoots wither and decay, and such is not unfrequently 

 termed stricken" or blighted. 



Now, were the gross young shoots of such trees to 

 have their terminal points pinched off when about 

 nine inches in length, their growth would be much 

 moderated, and the side branches emanating there- 

 from would be produced in time to become permanent 

 shoots of the future tree. Instead of this, we gene- 

 rally see them permitted to remain their whole length, 

 and only shortened back at the winter's pruning ; 

 when the side shoots, before alluded to, have yet to 

 be produced ; in fact, a whole season may be said to 

 be lost, and the whole system of the tree rendered 

 more luxuriant than ever. The best mode of proce- 

 dure in such cases is to take the tree carefully up and 

 replant it with much care, taking care not to bruise 

 the roots, or, if any become injured, to cut them clean 

 away with a sharp knife, always cutting just beyond 

 a tuft of fibres. The latter point we urge because we 

 have found roots pruned back to a bare part always 



