The parks and gardens of Paris, considered in relation to the wants of other cities and of the public and private gardens; being notes on a study of Paris gardens (1878)
Robinson, W. (William), 1838-1935 · London, Macmillan · leaf 415
carefully bent downwards until it reachesthe bottom of the trench. It is then covered up with a layer ofearth a foot deep, to preserve it from the cold. Towards the endof February, as soon as the weather has become mild, the branchesare uncovered and the trench is arranged the same as it wasbefore… … Fig-tree with the branches trained in two sets. the middle of March—the young stem is cut at from six to eightinches from the ground, so as to favour the production of a largecrop of shoots, which will afterwards form the principal branchesof the tree. These shoots are allowed to grow through…
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