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trees are established they may grow more rapidly than was expected, 

 so that soon the problem of cutting away branches or even whole trees 

 presents itself. A garden is not hke a house, since it is continually 

 growing, and one must live with it and study it in order to be able to train 

 it m the way it should go. When a branch is to be cut, saw it off next 

 to the trunk or next to the larger branch from which it springs. If a 

 tree must be removed, see that this is done before it injures the trees 



The dead and weak limh'; in every negleeied tree-top a; e the best of argument for frequent pruning. 

 If the weakest competitors in the tree-top are not removed. Nature prunes them in her own way 



around it. Sometimes it will be desirable to retain a group of trees in 

 which, although the trees crowd each other, the effect of the whole 

 is satisfactory. 



In conclusion, I think of the ideal flower garden occupying a valley or 

 a depressed space of ground, usually protected on all sides, with the exception 

 of that toward the house, by a woody gro\vth, this growth to vary in size 

 from that of the smallest shrubs to that of the largest trees, the latter, of 

 course, being used only in a very large garden. This border of woody 

 growth will form a frame or setting for the flowers, shielding the sun from 



