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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGUST 
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step in and divert the course of the sap, by the application of another great prin¬ 
ciple in manipulation, that of stopping or pinching back—of which more hereafter. 
At present I state the principle broadly, in order that the operator may recognise 
Dracajna Baptistii (see p. 53). 
those natural tendencies which it must be his endeavour to counteract and divert 
to the attainment of sound, healthy progress. I trust that sufficient has now 
been advanced to show that in the earlier stages of growth this necessary 
