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THE COMPLETE GARDEN 



There is a group of plants which practically require only the removal 

 of dead wood and superfluous growth. These trees and shrubs are apt 

 to be more or less injured by the operation of pruning. They normally 

 are comparatively slow growing. They have a tendency to grow in- 

 formally and to maintain the normal shape of the plant as they con- 

 tinue to increase in size. The operation of pruning does not encourage 

 a sufficient new growth and oftentimes so changes the physiological con- 

 dition of the plant that the flowering ability is impaired to a marked 

 degree during the succeeding one or two years. 



From the foregoing discussions it is evident that the operation of 

 pruning, as applied to the questions of just what shrubs to prune in 

 spring and what shrubs to prune in summer, and what shrubs should 

 never or rarely be pruned, is an important one. It is not an operation 

 the decision for doing which should be placed in the hands of any but 

 those who are skilled in the art and those who are thoroughly familiar 

 with the reasons pro and con. 



PRUNING LISTS 

 A. Shrubs Needing Complete Pruning: 



a. Spring and early summer-flowering: 



Benzoin aestivale 



Spice Bush 

 Berberis thunbergi 



Thunberg's Japanese Barberry 

 Cephalanthus occidentalis 



Button Bush 

 Cercis canadensis 



Red-bud 

 Chionanthus virginica 



White Fringe 

 Cornus (in variety) 



Dogwood 

 Cotoneaster (in variety) 



Cotoneaster 

 Deutzia (in variety) 



Deutzia 

 Diervilla hybrida 



Hybrid Weigela 

 Dirca palustris 



Leather-wood 

 Elaeagnus angustijolia 



Russian Olive 

 Evonymus (in variety) 



Burning Bush 



Forsythia (in variety) 



Golden Bell 

 Hamamelis virginiana 



Witch Hazel 

 Hippophae rhamnoides 



Sea Buckthorn 

 Hydrangea arborescens 



Wild Hydrangea 

 Kerria japonica 



Globe-flower 

 Ligustrum (in variety) 



Privet 

 Lonicera (in variety) 



Honeysuckle 

 Philadelphus (in variety) 



Mock Orange 

 Physocarpus opulifolius 



Ninebark 

 Rhamnus cathartica 



Common Buckthorn 

 Rhodotypos kerrioides 



White Kerria 

 Robinia hispida 



Rose Acacia 



