ELEMENTARY PRUNING 



to understand, but no doubt it is the stir- 

 ring of the primeval savage which still lies 

 dormant beneath the thin veneer of our 

 modern civilization, ready to break loose on 

 the smallest provocation ! 



One by one, however, my trees and 

 shrubs are getting the better of me, and 

 every year a few more are added to the 

 number of those which are immune from 

 even my clipping propensities, because they 

 are large and symmetrical enough to be 

 left to develop their own characteristic 

 form without any more interference from 

 me. 



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