. The book of garden management : Comprising information on laying out and planting Gardening -- Great Britain. Fig. 1. it should be strong and of the best steel, with a considerable curve, so as tc take a good hold of the wood. The manner of ope- rating is far from indifferent. The amputation should be made as near as possible to the bud, but without touching it; the cut should begin on the opposite side, and on a level with its lower part, made at an angle of 45°, and terminate just above the bud. 511. If it is necessary to cut away a branch alto- gether, a small portion of it sho
. The book of garden management : Comprising information on laying out and planting Gardening -- Great Britain. Fig. 1. it should be strong and of the best steel, with a considerable curve, so as tc take a good hold of the wood. The manner of ope- rating is far from indifferent. The amputation should be made as near as possible to the bud, but without touching it; the cut should begin on the opposite side, and on a level with its lower part, made at an angle of 45°, and terminate just above the bud. 511. If it is necessary to cut away a branch alto- gether, a small portion of it should be left on the stem, and the cut should be a smooth and bev- elled one, presenting the smallest possible extent of wounded surface. If made with the saw, it should be made smooth with the knife or chisel, and covered with grafting-paste. 512. The first object in pruning a standard tree is the formation of its head. The first pruning must take place at the end of the first season after graft- ing, when the scion has made its growth, as repre- sented in fig. 1, when two shoots have sprung from the graft. To form a full round head, the two shoots should be pruned in to a, a. The year after the tree will pre- sent the appearance represented in fig. 2 ; or, if three shoots have been left the first year, and the whole three headed in, in the fol- lowing year they will appear as in fig. 3, each shoot having thrown out two new branches. The one tree now presents a head of six, and the other four shoots. At the end of the second year both are to be headed back, the one to the shape indicated by the cross- ing lines a, a, a, a, the other as nearly as possible to the same distance from the graft. 515. Another year's gi-owth will, in each instance, double the number of main shoots, which are now eight and six respectively, as represented in fig. 5. If a greater number of shoots appear, or if any of them seem badly placed, theii' growth should be prevented by pinching off the tops when
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