Archive image from page 169 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer02bail Year: 1906 535. Pyramidal evergreens Jumpers Trimming off a few tiers of lower branches, loosening the soil as far as the ambitus of the crown, and mulch- ing will largely correct t
Archive image from page 169 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer02bail Year: 1906 535. Pyramidal evergreens Jumpers Trimming off a few tiers of lower branches, loosening the soil as far as the ambitus of the crown, and mulch- ing will largely correct this. When used for hedges, the treatment is, of course, different. For such a purpose the shade-enduring species, spruces and hemlocks, are best, since they are capable of preserving a dense inte- rior foliage, M'llile the pines are bound to thin out. There are a number of dangers and damage from in- sects to which Conifers are exposed. Drought and frost are most dangerous to seedlings in the seed-bed. These are obviated by proper location of the seed-bed (protec- tion against sun and wind), by covering with a mulch of moss, straw, pine-straw or the like (which also prevents the heaving out by frost and the washing out by rain, to which the young seeds are liable). By shading and watering the danger of drought is overcome, although at the same time that of 'damping-off ' is invited. The cause of this disease, consisting in the reddening of the needles and their falling off, is as yet undiscovered, a fungus being held responsible by some. Birds may be kept away from the seeds by mixing them with red oxide of lead, by lath screens, and the usual methods. Various fungi and insects, too many to mention, polyphagous, more or less specific, are at work dur- ing the various stages of development. A host of leaf- miners, saw-flies .nnd caterpillars destroy the foliage.
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