3 o TREES AND SHRUBS 



climbing Honeysuckles should only be pruned suffi- 

 ciently to keep them within bounds. 



LYCIUM. These should be served the same as the 

 shrubby Loniceras, but the operation should be per- 

 formed in autumn or winter, as they flower practi- 

 cally all the summer. 



LYONIA. Requires no pruning. 



MAGNOLIA. Generally speaking, the Magnolias 

 should not be pruned, but cut away useless or 

 decaying wood. Every wound, however small, on 

 a Magnolia should be tarred over immediately. 



MlCROGLOSSA. The solitary shrubby representa- 

 tive of this is M. albescensy which should be cut down 

 in winter, as it flowers best on the young wood. 



MYRICA. An occasional thinning is sufficient for 

 this genus. 



MYRICARIA. Flowering on the young wood ; this 

 should be cut back every spring. 



NEILLIA. Thin out every year after flowering is 

 past, cutting back the old wood to strong young shoots. 



NEVIUSIA. This requires the same pruning as 

 Neillia. 



NOTOSPARTIUM. Requires no pruning. 



NUTTALLIA. The single species of this flowers in 

 February, and is improved by a good thinning out of 

 the old wood when blooming is past. 



OLEARIA. Requires no pruning. 



ONONIS. O. rotundifolia should be cut down every 

 winter, as it flowers on the young wood. The re- 

 maining species flower on the older wood, and need 

 not be touched. 



