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VARIETY IN THE LITTLE GARDEN 



Large Flowering Trees not Requiring Pruning 



^senilis (Horse chestnut) 

 Catalpa 



Liriodendron tulipifera 

 Pauiownia 



Pyrus aria (Whitebeam tree) 

 Robinia (with exceptions) 

 Sophora 

 Sorbus 



Spir^jas Blooming in the Spring 



{These ought not to he cut in winter y hut when the season of hloom 

 is past, cutting shortest the most vigorous subjects) 



Chamsedrifolia 



Hypericifolia. Cut to medium 



length. 

 Opnlifolia. Top the long shoots. 

 Ulmifolia. Cut away half the 



shoot. 

 Primifoha. In summer pinch the 



side-shoots. 



Vanhouttei. Cut away one half 



the branches which have 



bloomed. 

 Arguta 

 Lanceolata or Reevesii. These 



should be slightly shortened. 

 Thunbergii. These require very 



little pruning. 



Spir^as Blooming in Summer or Autumn 

 {Prune in winter) 



Fontenaysii 



Fortimei. Cut about half length. 



Lindleyi. Should be severely 



pruned, even down to the 



Arisefolia 

 Billardii 

 Bumalda. Should have ends of 



shoots removed. 

 Corymbosa 

 Douglasii 



{The spiroeas whose branches are compact ought to be thinned and 

 pruned.) 



