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ROOT-PRUNINa  AND  OTHER 
JOTTINGS. 
IY  the  busy  round  of  daily  labour  connected  with 
the  gardener’s  art,  each  -season  has  its  own 
particular  work,  and  thus  time  flies,  as  the  world, 
like  the  gardener’s  work,  is  ever  changing,  decaying 
in  one  direction,  springing  into  new  life  in  another. 
Autumn  and  winter  are  seasons  when  vegetation 
recoups  itself — by  partial  rest — for  the  work  of 
another  year ;  hut  while  Nature  rests  the  gardener 
must  work,  and,  to  some  extent,  bend  her  changing- 
moods  to  his  will,  if  the  golden  harvest  is  to  follow. 
Look  at  those  fine  pyramidal  and  bush-shaped 
Apple  trees  beside  the  garden  walk.  How  rampant 
the  shoots  have  grown !  What  has  Nature  been 
doing  here  ?  Why  does  she  refuse  to  give  us  fruit? 
The  above  is  the  gist  of  a  little  homily  delivered 
to  me  a  few  days  ago  by  an  intimate  friend. 
Because,  good  friend,  said  I,  you  have  treated  her 
harshly.  You  have  given  the  roots  of  those  trees 
plenty  of  room  to  ramble  at  will,  while  you  have 
tried  to  keep  the  branches  within  too  limited  a 
space.  You  have  pruned  hard  and  often,  but  the 
strong  shoots  still  come,  and  will  do,  till  yon  alter 
your  tactics.  There  are  two  courses  open  to  you ; 
choose  the  one  which,  under  the  circumstances, 
you  think  the  better.  Eemove  the  alternate  trees, 
thin  freely  the  branches  of  those  left,  and  for  the 
future  keep  them  fully  exposed  to  the  glorious 
sunshine.  Nature  will  show  you  that  she  appre¬ 
ciates  your  kindness,  and  will  not  withhold  her 
reward.  “  Ah  !”  he  exclaimed,  “but  the  trees  .are  so 
near  to  the  walks  that  they  will  soon  grow  beyond 
bounds,  and  I  should  also  like  to  retain  that  nice 
row  of  them  intact.  In  other  words,  I  must  restrict 
them  to  the  space  they  now  occupy  as  regards  their 
diameter,  and  I  only  want  them  to  grow  a  little 
higher.”  Very  well,  you  must  then  resort  to 
another  plan.  Look  at  the  mam  branches,  they 
are  too  close  together ;  they  must  be  thinned 
with  no  unsparing  hand.  Cut  some  of  them  out 
till  those  left  are  at  least  18  inches  apart.  Now 
fetch,  the  spades  and  forks,  and  let  us  see  what 
the  roots  are  like.  One  of  my  old  masters,  years 
ago,  gave  me  a  good  drilling  at  this  kind  of  Avork, 
and  the  smell  of  the  upturned  soil  always  gave 
me  an  appetite  for  it — the  work. 
No.  2663.— VOL.  XOVIL,  OLD  SERIES. 
