. The theory and practice of horticulture; or, An attempt to explain the chief operations of gardening upon physiological grounds. when perpen-dicular. That is certain. One of the many proofs of thisimportant fact will be seen by referring to the curious exampleof imbedded letters represented at p. 39, and also by FiguresLXXXIX. and XC, which show the consequence of obliqueand perpendicular amputation! Allusion has already (p. 400) been made to leaving youngtrees very near each other, with a view to imitate nature and todispense with the necessity for any pruning whatever. Someone says that th
. The theory and practice of horticulture; or, An attempt to explain the chief operations of gardening upon physiological grounds. when perpen-dicular. That is certain. One of the many proofs of thisimportant fact will be seen by referring to the curious exampleof imbedded letters represented at p. 39, and also by FiguresLXXXIX. and XC, which show the consequence of obliqueand perpendicular amputation! Allusion has already (p. 400) been made to leaving youngtrees very near each other, with a view to imitate nature and todispense with the necessity for any pruning whatever. Someone says that thick planting and annual pruning come thenearest possible to the unassisted operation of natural causes,and that all pruning may be resolvied into a question ofthinning. And this, we believe, is practically followed in somecelebrated German forests. There is no doubt that the natural AMPUTATING- 407 TUipruned forests of Hungary produce trees of the utmostexcellence, and that in the north of Germany successfulattempts are made to bring about the same result. But muchskill, constant supervision, and great practical knowledge of.
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