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Pruning of Wattles. 



Tlie pi-uning of wattles is iisually restricted to cutting buck and 

 shaping the trees, so that they may be kept Avithin bounds and not 

 become too straggly, thus making low-growing shrubs not too woody. 

 Therefore, the taller and the spreading growths should be pruned out, 

 so that the trees may be of uniform growth. There is only one season 



Silver Wattle (.1 facia dcalbata). 



at which to carry out the pruning, and that is at the time of, or imme- 

 diately after, the flowering. It is then that the sap-flow is at a maxi- 

 mum, and by pruning at that time the subsequent growth will be stronger. 

 If at any time the tree has grown so large as to need a considerable 

 reduction, it may be pruned very hard back and most of the growths 



