88 EVERGREEN SHRUBS. 



In pruning shrubs, be careful to cut out the lonj 

 rambling shoots of the last summer s growth, which 

 disfigure their appearance. Cut away, also, 

 branches of shrubs which interlace each other, that 

 every shrub may stand clear and well-defined. 

 Take away their suckers, and let each shrub be 

 kept to a single stem, as I have before observed. 



