. Catalogue of Mount Hope Nurseries established 1840. Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Roses Seeds Catalogs; Strawberries Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs. BRIEF SUGGESTIONS TO PLANTERS-Continued u Preparation of the Roots. Cut off smoothly all bruised or broken roots up to the sound Plant This prevents their decaying and hastens the emission of new roots and fibres. Preparation of the Top. This consists in cutting back the top and side branches in such- a way as to correspond with the more or less mutilated roots, as follows: Trees with branching heads sho
. Catalogue of Mount Hope Nurseries established 1840. Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Roses Seeds Catalogs; Strawberries Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs. BRIEF SUGGESTIONS TO PLANTERS-Continued u Preparation of the Roots. Cut off smoothly all bruised or broken roots up to the sound Plant This prevents their decaying and hastens the emission of new roots and fibres. Preparation of the Top. This consists in cutting back the top and side branches in such- a way as to correspond with the more or less mutilated roots, as follows: Trees with branching heads should have the small branches cut clean out, and the larger ones, intended for the framework of the tree^ cut back to within two or three buds of their base. In cases where there is an abundant root and small top or few branches, the pruning need be very light, but where the roots are small and the top heavy, severe pruning will be necessary. These remarks are applicable to all deciduous Trees and Shrubs. Evergreens seldom require pruning, but Arbor Vita& and other Evergreens planted in hedge rows may be advantageously shorn immediately after planting. Directions for planting, mulching, staking, and after culture, same as for fruit trees (see Hints in Fruit Department, pages 6-7). p . Pruning, as practiced by some people, has the effect to render trees and shrubs unnatural ^ and inelegant. We refer to the custom of shearing trees, particularly conifers, into cones, pyramids and other unnatural shapes. Every tree, shrub and plant has a habit of growth peculiar to- itself, and this very peculiarity is one of its beauties. If we prune all trees into regular shapes we destroy their identity. The pruning knife, therefore, should be used to assist nature, and handled with judgment and care; to lop off straggling branches, to thin the head of a tree which has become too dense, and to- remove dead wood. Sometimes it becomes necessary to prime severely to keep a tree from attaining to
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