. The principles of agriculture; a text-book for schools and rural societies . Fig. 66. The proper way to make the woitnd. Pig. C7. The wrong way tomake the cut. about low-headed trees. For full discussions of the tilling offruit plantations, see Principles of Fruit-Growiug, Chapter If some of the limbs are taken from an apple tree forthe purpose of making it bear better, the operation is pruning ;if the tree is sheared or trimmed to make it round-headed, theoperation is training. A rose or a grape-vine may be prunedby cutting away part of the wood; it may be trained on wiresor to th
. The principles of agriculture; a text-book for schools and rural societies . Fig. 66. The proper way to make the woitnd. Pig. C7. The wrong way tomake the cut. about low-headed trees. For full discussions of the tilling offruit plantations, see Principles of Fruit-Growiug, Chapter If some of the limbs are taken from an apple tree forthe purpose of making it bear better, the operation is pruning ;if the tree is sheared or trimmed to make it round-headed, theoperation is training. A rose or a grape-vine may be prunedby cutting away part of the wood; it may be trained on wiresor to the side of a house. SUBSEQUENT CARE OF THE PLANT 173 279rt. On the subject of the struggle for existence in thetree top, consult, Observation iv. in Lessons with Plants, andChapter i. in Pruning-Book. The philosophical bearings ofthis fact of competition are presentedin Essay iii., Survival of the Unlike. 281a. Other things being equal, thecloser the wound to the branch, thequicker it will heal. The smoother thewound, the better and quicker it willheal. Figs. 66 and 67 illus
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