EXPLANATION OF PLATE IV. 



Fig. I. 



An old Cherry-tree headed down at c. Before this its 

 branches were covered with the gum and canker, as Fig. II. 



The foreright {hoots fhould be tucked in, as directed for 

 Pears ; and at the fall of the leaf, or in the month of Feb- 

 ruary, they Ihould be cut at a: thefe form the fruit-buds 

 b, b, &c. ail over the tree. 



c, c, &c. The cicatrices where the leading fhoot was 

 headed in different feafons. 



d, d. The Compofition applied where large limbs were 

 cut off. 



Fig. II. 



A branch of this tree before it was headed down. 



e 9 &c. Branches injudicioufly pruned in Summer ; which 

 brings on the death of the lhoot, and afterwards the gum and 

 canker on the tree. 



&c. The gum and canker in the laft ftage, which 

 corrodes the whole tree if not carefully extirpated, 



