ANOTHER HARDY GARDEN BOOK 



been planted, the earth over the roots 

 should receive a top dressing of manure. 



Unless your gardener thoroughly under- 

 stands his business, and is also painstaking, 

 you should give personal supervision to the 

 setting out of trees and shrubs. 



Shrubs of all kinds require to be set out 

 as carefully as trees. They make the best 

 effect if planted on the edge of the lawn, 

 along fences, as screens about buildings, or 

 in masses in odd corners. They should be 

 well pruned when set out, excepting Rhodo- 

 dendrons, Laurel, Azaleas, and Magnolias, 

 which should never be pruned. After the 

 first year, all trimming must be done imme- 

 diately after the shrub has ceased blossom- 

 ing, as the flowers for one year grow on the 

 new wood of the year before. 



Driving in Central Park early last spring, 

 I saw men cutting ruthlessly at the Syrin- 

 gas, Lilacs, Deutzias, and other flowering 

 shrubs. I could have wept, and longed to 

 cry "Stop!" The shrubs certainly needed 

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