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GARDENING. 



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its mission is ended it decays and the 

 stick drops. 



Where the terminal bud of an evergreen 

 is killed, thus injuring its leader, cut the 

 leader back one-half last year's growth, 

 and choosi g the most desirable upper 

 side branch, draw it upwards gently as 

 far a-' you can, and tie it to the stump of 

 the old leader. In the fall the balance of 

 the old leader may be cut out. When the 

 trees make their new wood during the 

 summer, they make it in the lines set by 

 the position of the branches at the time, 

 and next spring all strings and "harness" 

 may be removed for "as the twig is bent 

 the tree's inclined." 



Some branch s may be outgrowing all 

 others. If so, and you have noticed it 

 before they are too far out, pinch off the 

 extreme point; if too far o t, cut back, 

 but in cutting back, cut to an outside 

 eye, that is an eye, generally underneath. 

 When cut to an inside eye (upper eye) the 

 branch is inclined to grow into the body 

 of the tree and cross other branches. 

 Where the eyt is at the side you will have 

 to take your chances. Pinching out the 

 terminal points causes more sap to be 

 utilized by the laterals nearer the trunk, 

 causing a denser head, which is further 

 thickened by two terminals taking the 

 place of the one pinched out. 



Young soft wooded trees, likeWier'scut 

 leaved maple should be cut or pinched 

 back quite often in order to induce a 

 division of the branches into numerous 

 slender ones, instead of a few large forked 

 ones, that are so apt to be broken by the 

 winds. W. C. E. 



VINES NOT FLOWERING. 



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wistaria vine which she planted some six 

 years ago has not yet flowered, though 

 making a nice growth every year. It is 

 planted to a porch she says, but has not 

 yet reached the limit of the space allotted 

 to it. 



We would advise the lady not to lose 

 heart, for the vine will surely bloom later 

 on. The statement that it makes a nice 

 growth every year, gives a clue to the 

 cause of its failure to flower. Hardlv 

 any vine will flower until it reaches the 

 end of whatever it has to cover. It can 

 be seen in the case of trumpet vine, Eng- 

 lish ivy, akebia, etc., as well as in wista- 

 rias, and in many trees and shrubs. When 

 it has expended its strength in reaching 

 the limit of the porch it will most likely 

 turn its attention to flowering, and when 

 once it does this it may be looked for 

 every year. 



When wistarias and similar vines are 

 treated as shrubs, tied up to a short stake 

 for a year or two, they bloom sooner 

 than when as vines. Not meeting with 

 anything to support themselves, the fo--ce 

 is directed to flowering. 



Philadelphia. Joseph Meehan. 





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MOVING LARGE TREES. 



I enclose photograph of a large haw- 

 thorn, taken within fifteen months' time 

 of its removal from the woods. The tree 

 measures nineteen inches in circumference 

 one foot above the ground. It was 

 planted in March, 1896, and photo- 

 graphed early in June of the present year 

 when in bloom. It merely illustrates the 

 fact that even as hard wooded a tree as 

 the hawthorn can be safely moved, even 

 of *arge size, if proper care is given it. 



It often occurs in laying out a new 

 place that certain situations seem to 

 require one particular kind of tree and 

 furthermore require the peculiar form 

 assumed by that tree when matured it 



