ANOTHER HARDY GARDEN BOOK 



March, they should be trimmed back to what 

 the gardeners call "two eyes," in order that 

 they may form large heads. Thus trimmed 

 they are similar in form to the bay tree and 

 give the same formal effect, when planted 

 singly at the top of a, flight of steps, on 

 either side of the end of a path, in rows on 

 a terrace, or at equal distances on both sides 

 of a walk. 



Catalpa Bungii are hardy as far north as 

 New York, or have always been considered 

 so, but last Winter over forty of ours, old, 

 well-rooted trees, were killed, although others 

 in the same latitude, but nearer New York 

 City, endured the severe Winter without 

 harm. It seems, however, to be only the 

 graft that dies, as the stems were in every 

 case alive. In future, I shall have the 

 grafted tops protected by wrapping in 

 straw or other suitable covering. 



There is no hardier and more beautiful 

 tree than the American elm, but it is so 

 often the victim of the beetle and cater- 

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