PRUNING 



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For a complete work on the subject of this 

 chapter we recommend 



THE PRUNING MANUAL, by L. H.Bailey. This book, first published 

 in 1898, is now thoroughly revised and reset and appears in its eighteenth edition, 

 with many new illustrations. The experiments of the last eighteen years have 

 made changes in some of the conceptions of pruning, and these are incor- 

 porated in the new treatment. The author remarks that pruning is much more 

 than the cutting off of limbs and the shaping and training of plants. The 

 practice really rests on a sound knowledge of the way in which plants grow 

 and how they respond to treatment (and a person is not a horticulturist until 

 he understands these questions and as well those of fertilizing, spraying and 

 propagation. Secure this book where you bought your Garden Guide. 



Price, $2.65 postpaid. 



Always consult Index to Contents. Familiarize yourself with it. There 



are hundreds of good things in this book that will escape your attention if 



you do not use Index freely. 



