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watching tbein closely. Cut the "leader," or topmost shoot one- 

 half off, more or less, as the judgment dictates; and then those shoots 

 that are nearer to the tops should be cut off an inch or more. The 

 judgment must be exercised considerably in training so as to pro- 

 duce a fine pyramidal tree, which will grow more and more beau- 

 tiful, year by year, until you will have a fine towering pyramid of 

 vernal beauty, that seems to sit with its broad base directly upon 

 the grassy lawn, waving its graceful spray in the sunlight, and 

 casting its dark shadows across the lawn morning and evening, " a 

 thing of beauty, to be enjoyed forever." 



The Norway Spruce is too apt to grow out of shape and must be 

 kept down by topping off its too rapid growths. 



The "White Pine must not be pruned after the terminal buds 

 are formed, but if it needs its too rampant growths checked do it 

 when one half, or so, of the present year's growth is made; then, 

 buds will form on the side of the new shoot for the coming year's 

 growth. 



Pruning the evergreen, always causes a more dense growth of 

 foliage, which adds to its attractiveness. 



Why is it that we see so many homely thin, scrubby evergreen 

 trees in most every yard where an attempt has been made to grow 

 them? Carelessness, and a want of the proper knowledge is one 

 cause. Another is, that they are often set right under the shade 

 of the decidious trees, already there, and no evergreen tree can be 

 made to grow with any beauty in a shade. Pruning back should 

 be commenced at first in the nursery, and kept up on lawn trees 

 until the tops cannot be reached with the pole pruning shears, at 

 which time a good shape has been established, and, like the well 

 trained youth it will not depart from it. 



The early spring is the best time to cut back; and the most 

 proper time to transplant for their latitude is about the middle of 

 May. 



There is an opinion among many, that after the growth has 

 started, in June, is just the time to transplant the evergreen. Doo't 

 wait so long, for it is much the better to handle the trees before 

 the buds have started. Don't get your small evergreens set too near 

 to each other, if you want fine individual trees, for they will grow 

 to crowd themselves in a few years. I would not reccommend set- 

 ting wind breaks in their rows so thickly, as some think best, ten 

 feet I regard as near enough, with another row twenty feet away 

 will in time look better than if crowded more closely, and be just 

 as efficient. 



For the lawn I would recommend the Arborvitae, the Balsam, 

 the Norway and the White Spruce. Hemlock and the White 

 Pine. For cattle yards, I would plant the White Pine and Cedar; 

 as the White Pine will outstrip any of the whole family in rapid 

 growth, and the Cedar gives the thickest foliage and will stand 

 its own shade perhaps the best of any. Those two combined, will, 

 in the quickest time form the most impenetrable wall to resist the 

 heavy wind currents. 



It has been recommended by some to plant the Scotch or Aus- 



