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fixty feet high, and three feet and a half in circumference : 

 the hollow was upwards of two feet in diameter. There are 

 a great many other Elms, fome of which had wounds ten 

 feet long and two feet broad, now entirely filled up ; befides 

 many Sycamores, Oaks, and other foreft trees, all reftored to 

 a nourifhing ftate, by having the dead wood cut out and the 

 Compofition applied. An Oak that was headed down about 

 fix years ago is reprefented in Plate XII. 



In hollow trees, the rotten and decayed wood muft be cut 

 out at different times, as the new wood comes in contact with 

 it ; but great care muft be taken not to cut out too much at 

 once, but to leave enough to fupport the tree and prevent it 

 from being blown down by high winds, till the new is 

 ftrong enough for that purpofe : the remainder may then be 

 cut out. 



A number of inflances of the fuccefs attending my method 

 of pruning and training might be adduced ; but I fhail notice 

 only the following. 



Mr. Aberdeen, gardener to John Sullivan, efq. at Richings 

 near Windfor, has followed it for fome time with great fuccefs 

 both in the houfe and on the natural wall. 



Having heard for feveral years of the very fine and large 

 crops that were produced in the forcing-houfes belonging to 

 John Julius x^ngerftein, efq. at Wood! and- Houfe, on Black- 

 heath, I was induced to take a journey thither, in company 

 with John Wedgwood, efq. to fee what method was purfued 

 to obtain fuch crops. On enquiry, Mr. Stuart, the gardener, 

 candidly told me, that feveral years ago he had been at.Ken- 

 fington Gardens, where he faw my method of pruning and 

 training, was convinced of its advantages above the old, and 

 had adopted it with great fuccefs. Indeed, there were, at the 



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