STYLE 35 



pyramids, globes and standards; and therefore this class 

 contains, as a matter of fact, all the material required in formal 

 planting. These possess great advantages over the plants of the 

 second class, inasmuch as their care is practically nothing at all. 

 Clipped forms must be constantly watched and kept in shape by 

 ever repeated shearings, at the proper season and it requires 

 no mean sculptural skill to maintain them in perfect symmetry. 



Evergreens furnish a large proportion of the material for for- 

 mal gardening, though deciduous specimens are by no means 

 lacking. Formal hedges must of course be sheared, whichever 

 may be used, for nothing but shearing will develop the density 

 of the growth, or keep it perfectly equal and true to the trim 

 lines laid down. 



Evergreens should be sheared just before the season's growth 

 starts in March or April while they are being developed; that 

 is, while they are being allowed to grow. After they have 

 attained the desired size, they should be sheared annually, in 

 June. Deciduous plants may be sheared in spring, just after the 

 growth starts, and twice during the summer, as may be necessary 

 to keep them in shape. Winter clipping induces strong growth 

 of shoots usually and where this strong rank growth is desirable, 

 winter pruning may be done. It will encourage density of growth 

 also and is useful therefore when the plants are not as large as 

 desired, or as bushy. 



HEDGE PLANTS 



EVERGREEN 



i Tsuga Canadensis: common hemlock; makes an impene- 

 trable, dense green wall of any desired height up to fifteen 

 feet; prefers a rather moist soil, well drained; the most 

 beautiful of all evergreens for a hedge; stands pruning 



