359) EXPLANATION OF PLATE XIII. any convenient Fig. 1 and 2. Two different views of a tool for cutting out the dead and decayed parts of hollow trees. It has two wooden handles which may be of length. 3 and 4. Two views of another tool, with one handle, for cutting out dead wood. This is made narrower than the former, and is to be used in places where Fig. 1. cannot be admitted. 5. A triangular chifel, for cutting grooves or channels to carry off the water from the hollows of the trees. 6. A tool representing an adze on one fide and a hatchet on the other. 9. A fmall faw, with double teeth, thin on the back, for cutting off small branches, &c. 10. A knife with a concave edge. II. 12. A tool in form of a fickle, without teeth. This is to scrape stems and branches of trees on the fide next the wall. A pruning knife with a convex edge. Fig. 13 Fig. 13. A tool in fhape of a curry-comb for fcraping mofs, &c. off the ftems and branches of trees: one of the fcrapers has teeth; the other is plain. The back of this tool, and the edges of the fcrapers, are a little concave. 14. A larger double-toothed faw for cutting off large branches. 15. A fmall pruning-knife with a convex edge. 16. A large chifel with a strong plate of iron fcrewed on upon the face of it, like a double iron for a plane, to prevent its running in too far where the tree is crofs-grained. N. B. These tools have handles of different lengths, to be ufed as occafion requires. on Melons, how to destroy, 261. ALMONDS, different sorts of, 176. Propagation of, 177. How to prune, ibid. Planting of, ibid. How to preserve, 178. ANTS, how to destroy them, 276. APHIDES, described, 255. How to destroy, 256. APPLES, different sorts of, 57. What sort of trees to chuse, 70. Heading of Dwarfs, ibid. Heading down old Trees, 71. Hollow trees, how to be treated, 72. Trees that are very cankery, or have ill-formed heads, should be headed down, ibid. Pruning of Apple-trees, 73. The advantage of heading down young trees in the Nursery, 74. Espaliers and Dwarfs, 75. Of borders and cross walks, 76. How to improve the soil, ibid. Manure for Apple-trees, ibid. Use of the Composition in grafting, ibid. APRICOTS, different sorts of, 2. A A A APRI- APRICOTS, Proper Trees, preparing the borders, and planting, 5. Shortening the horizontal shoots, ibid. Old and decayed Trees, how to manage, 7. Injuries sustained by cutting or breaking off large branches, how to remedy, ibid. Canker to cure, ibid. Topping young shoots, 8. Young shoots should be unnailed after the fall of the leaf, ibid. Raising and pruning of Barberries, ibid. BIRDS, To preserve fruit from them, 279. BLIGHTS, what they are, and remedies for them, 251 to 254. BUDDING, how performed, 206. Observations on budding, 212. Use of the Composition in budding, 213. C CANKER, the description and causes of it, 241. Does not arise from the nature of the soil, 242. Does not proceed from the roots to the branches, but from the To cure the Canker, ibid. CATERPILLARS, how to destroy, 267. CHERMES, how to destroy, 272. CHERRIES, different sorts of, 46. Planting of them, 49. Pruning and training, 50. CHER- |