. Descriptive catalog. Nursery stock Catalogs; Horticulture Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Fruit-culture Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Iowa Shenandoah. 24 THE SHENANDOAH NURSERIES, SHENANDOAH, IOWA WHEN TO PLANTâDeciduous Trees, Shrubs and Vines can be planted either in spring or fall. Spring is the best time. HOW TO PLANTâPreparation of the roots: Cut off smoothly all bruised or broken roots up to the sound wood. This prevents their decaying and hastens the emission of new roots and fibres. PREPARATION OF THE TOPâThis consists in cutting
. Descriptive catalog. Nursery stock Catalogs; Horticulture Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Fruit-culture Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Iowa Shenandoah. 24 THE SHENANDOAH NURSERIES, SHENANDOAH, IOWA WHEN TO PLANTâDeciduous Trees, Shrubs and Vines can be planted either in spring or fall. Spring is the best time. HOW TO PLANTâPreparation of the roots: Cut off smoothly all bruised or broken roots up to the sound wood. This prevents their decaying and hastens the emission of new roots and fibres. PREPARATION OF THE TOPâThis 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 till 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 sel- dom require pruning, but Arbor Vitae and other evergreens planted in hedge rows may be advantageously shorn immediately after planting. PRUNINGâAs practiced by some people, has the effect to render tree-s and shrubs un- natural and inelegant. We refer to the custom of shearing trees, particularly evergreens, 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 reg- ular shapes, we destroy their identity. The pruning knife, therefore, should be used to assist nature, and handled with judgment and care; to top off straggling branches, to thin the head of a tree which has become too dense, and to remove dead wood. Sometimes it becomes neces- sary to prune severely to keep a tre
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