serve them in sand, in the dry, till February, preparing for their reception a spot of any good light ground, and drill in the stones two inches deep, in rows a foot asunder; and when the young plants are a year or two old, plant them out in Autumn or Spring, with the spade or dibble, in nursery lines, a yard distance, and half that distance in each row. Train those designed for standards, with tall single stems, from five to seven or eight feet high, by pruning off all side shoots to the height intended; then just top them with your knife at the proper height, either as full or half standards, to force out a set of branches more regularly in the part required to give the head its first regular form; afterwards let them branch out in their own way, and form a full head. But if any are
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