Excerpt from The Little Pruning Book: An Intimate Guide to the Surer Growing of Better Fruits and Flower Figs do not grow upon thistles: neither good fruits upon the unpruned tree. He that would have fine flowers. Such as are set before kings. Let him apply his shears diligently. Sparing not the old branches. Neither the young growth. Nor any part that should be taken away. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.