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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ August, 
equal distances from eacli other. Some place an umbrella-like wire frame over 
the head, to which the shoots are tied down ; others tie them to strings leading 
from the head of the tree to pegs driven into the ground. Either plan will answer, 
as the arrangement is but temporary, and may be withdrawn when the head 
becomes of sufficient bulk to stand alone. The tree requires little or no pruning 
the second year. Whatever may be the number of shoots, as many as can be 
tied to the wires or strings, at about equal distances from each other, should be 
preserved their full length, and they will push forth flowers and flower-bearing 
branches from almost every eye from head to foot. During and after the flower¬ 
ing season fresh shoots will push from the base of the head, extending in one 
long hne as before described. 
In the next year’s pruning we have two sorts of shoots to deal with,—(1), long 
pendulous shoots one year old, that have flowered in the preceding summer, and 
are covered their whole length with short flower-bearing branches ; and (2), long 
pendulous shoots of recent growth, covered their whole length with dormant 
eyes. Lay these to the strings or wires alternately if their position will allow, 
or indiscriminately, if it will not, till you have a well-balanced and well-furnished 
head. If the tree has grown sufficiently to give you a choice of shoots and 
branches, choose the stoutest, healthiest, and longest, provided such are or can 
be placed at nearly equal distances from each other. Now turn to the one-year- 
old shoots, and prune the short flower-bearing branches (those which gave you 
the flowers last year) back to two eyes each; the long pendulous shoots of the 
last summer’s growth studded with dormant eyes should not be cut at all, but 
preserved their entire length. The tree then is pruned, and will be likely to 
produce a mass of flowers in the approaching summer. 
The method of pruning and training above described requires to be repeated 
from year to year. As the plant increases in age, it is well to cut out two, 
three, or more of the oldest shoots at each annual pruning, introducing young 
ones in their places. If premature decay or debility should set in, there is no 
better remedy than that of cutting all the shoots back closely and manuring 
the tree. I have seen Weeping Eoses in a condition apparently hopeless, quickly 
restored to health and vigour by thinning out all weakly shoots, and cutting 
back the principal ones to a single eye.— William Paul, PauVs Nurseries^ 
Wcdtham Cross^ N, 
TPIE CHATSWORTH CONDUIT EDGING TILE. 
^aN a season like the present, when the supply of water to our gardens is of 
more than usual importance, it is gratifying to find that the Messrs. H. 
Doulton and Co., of Lambeth, the eminent earthenware manufacturers 
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have brought out a new form of border-edging tile for gardens—the Chats- 
worth Conduit Edging Tile—which promises to be a very material aid in securing 
a supply of water of the best kind for gardening purposes, viz., that which falls 
