CHAPTER V. 
PRUNING, TRAINING, PROTECTING FROM FROST, 
AND DESTROYING INSECTS. 
Pruning appears, at first sight, a most la¬ 
borious and unfeminine occupation; and 
yet perhaps there is no operation of garden¬ 
ing which a lady may more easily accom¬ 
plish. With the aid of a small, and almost 
elegant pair of pruning shears, which I pro¬ 
cured from Mr. Forrest, of Kensington 
Nursery, I have myself (though few women 
have less strength of wrist) divided branches 
that a strong man could scarcely cut through 
with a knife. The only thing to be at¬ 
tended to is to choose a pair of pruning 
shears with a sliding joint, so as to make 
what is called a draw-cut; in order that the 
