. The gardener's assistant; a practical and scientific exposition of the art of gardening in all its branches. y years afterwards, all the portion ofwood formed previously to the heading backwill appear discoloured. On the contrary, ayoung stem cut back when the sap is compara-tively at rest, or before winter, may die backa little way immediately below the section, butelsewhere it will exhibit little appearance ofderangement in its vegetation. If it shouldhappen that the planting cannot be done beforevegetation commences in spring, the plantsshould be taken up early in February, andhealed in a
. The gardener's assistant; a practical and scientific exposition of the art of gardening in all its branches. y years afterwards, all the portion ofwood formed previously to the heading backwill appear discoloured. On the contrary, ayoung stem cut back when the sap is compara-tively at rest, or before winter, may die backa little way immediately below the section, butelsewhere it will exhibit little appearance ofderangement in its vegetation. If it shouldhappen that the planting cannot be done beforevegetation commences in spring, the plantsshould be taken up early in February, andhealed in a cool shaded place, till the finalplanting can be performed. When the plantsare cut back before they are taken up, they should not be cut quite so low as they wouldrequire to be when planted against the wall, inorder to leave a choice of well-situated buds,to which they can then be cut. The trees should be planted as deeply in thesoil as they were before removal, and about 6inches from the wall. Some recommend thetree to be planted with the budded part out-ward, but this is immaterial; indeed, if there is. Fig. 967.—Peach. Crimson Galande. (§.) any wound, it will heal sooner on the southside than on the opposite one, especially ifshaded from the suns rays, because on theformer thicker layers of wood are mode of planting detailed in the case cfthe Plum, &c, is also applicable to the planted it is well to mulch as far as theroots extend with stable litter. Production of Fruit—As all the parts of a tree,except the root, proceed from a single bud, itwill be necessary, for the sake of precision, todistinguish the progressive stages of the growthof those parts. The bud produces a shoot onwhich, during the summer, leaves and buds aredeveloped. From the time that this shootpushes in spring till its leaves drop in autumn,we propose to designate it as a young the time that the young shoot ceases toelongate for the season, becomes mature, anddrops
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