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 intended to form dwarfs for walls, &c they may be topped in their minor growth within a foot of the ground, to obtain branches below to cover the wall and espalier regularly from the bottom, and trained as hereafter directed.

But when any of these seedling Almonds are intended as stocks in which to bud any of the approved varieties, they must not be topped or headed, but trained straight up till after the budding is performed.

By or Inoculation.The propagation of Almonds by budding is effected by introducing buds of the approved varieties into Plum, Peach, or Almond stocks, raised from the stones of the fruit, as directed above in raising the seedling Almonds, and planted out in