. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 362 CONIFERS of loss in transplanting is explained from neglect in this respect. As soon as taken up, the roots should bu immersed into a loam-puddle and kept protected by wet sphagnum moss or canvas until set into th
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 362 CONIFERS of loss in transplanting is explained from neglect in this respect. As soon as taken up, the roots should bu immersed into a loam-puddle and kept protected by wet sphagnum moss or canvas until set into their new place. The question of trimming when transplanting must be considered with more care than is necessary with broad- leaved trees, which possess much greater recuperative power. It should be confined to the smallest amount, smoothing bruised roots, and if for proper proportion- ing pruning at the top becomes absolutely necessary, shortening the leader rather than branches. Larch will stand more severe pruning than most other Conifers. Prom the artistic as well as physiological point of view, it is barbarism to remove the lower branches, which the tree needs to shade its trunk and standing room, and of- ten, when deprived of the same, willrepJace first before starting again in its height growth. Attention should, however, be especially paid to preventingdouble leaders, which are detrimental to future form-development; cut them out as early as possible, preferably in the bud. Laterals may be somewhat shortened-in while standing In the nursery, to lengthen the time during which the lower branches are to persist. Breaking out buds is, as with all trees, the best method, provided the pruner has an eye for his business. Even in after-life, when prun- ing is done to keep the tree shapely, the minimum use of the pruning-knife should be the rule. There are three marked periods in the development of Conifers —the juvenile period, when the entire tree is a crown, branched symmetri
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