264 EVERGREENS. 



produced from the cambium layer under the bark 

 and grow through it and replace the lost member. 

 This shortening in should be done severely. Sup- 

 pose a tree has a diameter of head of about 2 feet 

 reduce it to about i foot, cutting so as to bring 

 the tree into a symmetrical form. 



If you have a hedge of any of the evergreens that 

 is irregular, prune it to the desired shape, but do it 

 while in the growing season, so as to stunt it and 

 thicken it up. 



Many evergreens make all their season's growth 

 in a month or less, growing very rapidly during 

 this time, frequently 2 inches per day. These 

 are such as the spruces, pines and balsams, 

 while the Cedars, Arbor Vitses and Junipers 

 grow like a deciduous tree through the most of 

 the season. 



Growing Evergreens from Seed is only per- 

 formed successfully by experts, and is not profitable 

 unless grown in such quantities as to warrant the 

 planter in devoting his whole attention to it. 

 These seeds mostly germinate very readily, but are 

 destroyed by a hot sun in a short time. They 

 require some sun, but it is admitted to them 

 through lattice work, or screens of some kind that 

 will alternate sunshine and shade during the day. 

 Lath frames are made for this purpose, 4 feet wide 

 by about 6 or 8 feet long, the space between the 

 laths is the width of a lath, and the beds 3 to 4 

 feet wide. These beds should be run east and west, 

 so the lath will be north and south, otherwise some 



