. A treatise on pruning forest and ornamental the growth of the restof the tree, should be shortened to establish theproper form of head, while the leader should betreated in the manner already recommended () A tree operated on in this manner will often appearvery bare at first; but at the end of a few years thehead will have regained a sufficientdevelopment. Old Trees. — It is hardly neces-sary to explain that old trees re-quire more cautious treatment thanyounger ones, which may if neces-sary be entirely remodelled. Inpruning an old tree it is not aquestion of a leader or of i
. A treatise on pruning forest and ornamental the growth of the restof the tree, should be shortened to establish theproper form of head, while the leader should betreated in the manner already recommended () A tree operated on in this manner will often appearvery bare at first; but at the end of a few years thehead will have regained a sufficientdevelopment. Old Trees. — It is hardly neces-sary to explain that old trees re-quire more cautious treatment thanyounger ones, which may if neces-sary be entirely remodelled. Inpruning an old tree it is not aquestion of a leader or of increas-ing the size; and it is only desir-able to regulate the shape of thehead somewhat, by shortening whennecessary such branches as in-terfere, by their length or position,with the equilibrium of the tree itself, or injure othertrees in its vicinity. The heads of old trees should,as far as possible, be reduced to a more or less roundedovoid, the lower branches being the shortest (, 43). The main branches should be left six to twelve feet. Fi^. 41. —Badly shapedtree of the second pruning. PRUNING RESERVE TREES. 45 long, or even longer if they are furnished with sufficientshoots to regulate the flow of sap, although it may be
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