. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. '9^3- The American Florist. 423 here to depend upon; for a fast-grow- ing screen or shelter hedge the Norway Spruce Is generally used, but It Is too coarse for a flno garden. Hedge plants submit kindly to Judicious clipping, and the same kinds when used in certain groups in the garden may have to be pruned occasionally to restrict their wide-spreading growth. Tree box al- doUar pay two dollars for the hole to put It In, Is good garden logic. Make wide, deep holes, wheel away the poor dirt from the bottom and repla
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. '9^3- The American Florist. 423 here to depend upon; for a fast-grow- ing screen or shelter hedge the Norway Spruce Is generally used, but It Is too coarse for a flno garden. Hedge plants submit kindly to Judicious clipping, and the same kinds when used in certain groups in the garden may have to be pruned occasionally to restrict their wide-spreading growth. Tree box al- doUar pay two dollars for the hole to put It In, Is good garden logic. Make wide, deep holes, wheel away the poor dirt from the bottom and replace with good loam. If the ground is very stiff clay, or rocky or has a hard pan, bore a hole four feet deep In the middle of each tree hole and explode a stick of dynamite in it. This will unfasten. BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE. tho earth deeper and better than your pick and shovel, and In after life the tree will markedly show the benefit from It. When to plant? April or early May, and again after the first heavy rain from midsummer on, say August, Sep- tember and early October. In buying plants get perfect specimens, even if small, and let every plant have its roots in a ball of earth, tied up In bur- lap. It may cost a little more at first, but success Is assured, hence it pays big. Particularly in summer planting, if the newly set-out trees be sprinkled overhead two or three times a day, for a week or two, it will help them greatly to readily start into new life. Pruning? Don't prune evergreen trees except to remove dead wood, and an occasional pinching to regulate symmetry of form. In the case of hedges, of course, pruning must be resorted to, and even then avoid shear- ing, do it with a knife in early June while the spring wood is still in active growth, and again in August or Sep- tember when a little regulating may be necessary. Evergreens vs. smoke: This Is a vital question. Evergreens, both conif- erous and broad-leaved, love a clean, clear atmosphere and dislike and re
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