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ness. In other instances a few leaves only are 

 taken from the bushes, while the remainder are 



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allowed to remain upon the shoots until the 

 summer growth is completed. In the latter case 

 the leaves are invariably left at the ends of the 

 shoots. 



When the bushes have attained their full size, 

 the young shoots with the leaves are clipped close 

 off by the stumps, and shoots and leaves carried 

 home together to the farm-yard to be plucked 

 and prepared for the worms. In the case of 

 young trees the leaves are generally gathered by 



