先在树干的顶部包些椰棕，以模仿老枝的效果。

First wrap some coconut fiber around the top of your tree trunk. This is to imitate old grow of branches.

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教科书建议我们，当它一开完花，就立即将它修剪至只剩老枝。

The text-books instruct us to prune it hard back ot the old wood immediately after it has finished flowering;

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窗前有棵老榆树，榆钱儿正密，一串串在枝上垂着，有几只刚出巢的蜜蜂，围着榆枝乱飞，不住的嗡嗡的叫着。

An old elm before the house was hung with thick clusters of seeds and some bees just out of the hive were flying round it, keeping up a continuous hum.

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