Archive image from page 27 of Descriptive catalogue of trees and. Descriptive catalogue of trees and plants descriptivecatal1875walw Year: 1875 26 T. G. YEOMANS <fe SONS' G-ROWING HEDG-ES. To grow a Hedge successfully, a few matters of importance should re- ceive careful attention. First: Make choice of good plants, as uniform in size as may be, cutting off the tip of the tap-root, and the top about two inches above the collar or ground line, and plant in single row, plants six inches apart, and cultivate as well as one would a row of potatoes. In the spring, one year from planting cut
Archive image from page 27 of Descriptive catalogue of trees and. Descriptive catalogue of trees and plants descriptivecatal1875walw Year: 1875 26 T. G. YEOMANS <fe SONS' G-ROWING HEDG-ES. To grow a Hedge successfully, a few matters of importance should re- ceive careful attention. First: Make choice of good plants, as uniform in size as may be, cutting off the tip of the tap-root, and the top about two inches above the collar or ground line, and plant in single row, plants six inches apart, and cultivate as well as one would a row of potatoes. In the spring, one year from planting cut back to within six inches of the former cut; and the second spring cut again to about 9 to 12 inches from the preceding cut, and if it grows well leave it about one foot higher each spring at cutting, till it reaches the height desired, chiving it at top the desired shape, pointed to the centre, and sloping sharply about half way (from top) to the ground. Spring pruning causes more vigorous growth, while summer pruning CHECKS or RETARDS it; thus the trimming in spring, till the hedge is formed, tends to grow it quickly, and let all future trimming be in summer, which will be easily done while the wood is soft, and check the growth, thus easily keeping the hedge in form with only a small amount of pruning which should be done two or three times during the growing season, and will thus be less labor than one pruning of hard wood, and at all times keep the hedge in more perfect form. T, G. YEOMANS & SONS, Walworth Nurseries, Walworth, N. Y. Particular attention given to Hedges and Hedge Plants; Honey Locusts for defensive, and Evergreens of great variety for Ornamental Hedges and Screens.
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