placed in the same position as has been previously described or.lv 

 closer together and in most cases less dynamite in each hole, and 

 care should be taken to work the holes between the roots so as not 

 to injure the roots. This way of taking up trees has not been in 

 general use but I have found it a very good way and if handled 

 carefully so many roots will not be destroyed as sometimes when 

 dug with a spade, as many fine firbes are cut without any thought. 

 For the planting of hedges in difficult places holes should be 

 made from three to four feet apart and even closer and from a 

 quarter to a third of a stick of dynamite should be used depend- 

 ing upon the kind of ground, holes to be from fifteen to eighteen 

 inches deep. By so doing a hedge can be planted in almost any 

 tUce. The same manner is used for trenching or drainage only 

 with deeper holes and heavier charge depending on the ditch or 

 channel you expect to make. Enormous quantities of dynamite 

 are used and it is almost impossible to do without it for clearing 

 land, blasting stumps and rocks and other heavy work of this 

 character. The use of dynamite is clearly explained in magazines 

 arid books given out by the DuPont Powder Company. 



THE TRIMMING OF DECIDUOUS TREES AND 



SHRUBS. 



Trimming is done in many ways. Flowering shrubs are often 

 ruined especially when a shrub of tall grown habit is trimmed to 

 a short stubby bush in order to obtain a different shape from the 

 original habit. In the first place the flowers are in most cases 

 cut off and if trimmed too often during the season it will soon 

 be so thick at the bottom that it will smother itself. We 

 have in cultivation plants of all description and where a plant of 

 globe shape is needed it can be obtained exactly as you want it, 

 and no better can be produced artifically. It will pay to look over 



28 



