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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



be put into condition to make a good form by cutting 

 off the brandies at the lines a, when with full exposure to 

 air and sunlight it will take an upright symmetrical growth. 



FIG. 23. FIG. 24. 



FIG. 23. LINES FOR THE PROPER TRIMMING OF ORNAMENTAL 



TREES. 

 FIG. 24. CLUSTERED GROWTH OF BRANCHES. 



Pruning Old Trees. 



Fig. 25 illustrates an old tree which has been severely 

 pruned. Before pruning, long straggling branches were 

 exposed to the hot sun and drying winds and the sap 

 so retarded that very little new growth could be made. 

 If these branches be headed back as shown in the figure, 

 a new growth will soon be sent out, the trunk and 

 branches soon be clothed and protected, and the form 

 much improved. The best instance of the success of this 

 kind of pruning to which I can call the reader's attention 



