. The parks, promenades, & gardens of Paris, described and considered in relation to the wants of our own cities, and the public and private gardens. Gardens; Parks. 390 PYRAMIDAL TRAINING OF THE PEAR TREE. position successively occupied by the lower branches during the first six years, during which they were successively lowered and elongated from the point C to T} and thirdly, the lines from I to S show the lines of each year's pruning. It is very questionable if the mathematically designed pyramid here al- Fig. 194. luded to be so de- sirable for gardens generally as a flatter and less
. The parks, promenades, & gardens of Paris, described and considered in relation to the wants of our own cities, and the public and private gardens. Gardens; Parks. 390 PYRAMIDAL TRAINING OF THE PEAR TREE. position successively occupied by the lower branches during the first six years, during which they were successively lowered and elongated from the point C to T} and thirdly, the lines from I to S show the lines of each year's pruning. It is very questionable if the mathematically designed pyramid here al- Fig. 194. luded to be so de- sirable for gardens generally as a flatter and less pointed form. For example, the pyra- mid as represented at the time of its fourth or fifth pruning is in out- line preferable to the tall and finished pyramidal tree depicted in Pig. 177, and a style somewhat like that shown in Fig. 191 will prove easier to form to those who have no time to spare for the nice- ties of training. Occasionally the pyramidal Pear has its branches bent downwards, as in Fig. 192, some thinking that this induces a more fruitful habit. I never saw any clear evidence of. this, and believe the form to be no better than the simple pyramid. The excellent practice of cutting in pyramidal and other trees that happen to be worthless varieties, and regrafting them with superior kinds, is much recommended by the French Wall Pear Tree regrafted. On each of the branches A, B, C, D, a graft has been placed. The graft at C failed, and consequently a ishoot, e, is allowed to ascend; so that it may be budded the autumn following the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Robinson, W. (William), 1838-1935. London, J. Murray
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