FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS 93 



ing shrubs should be merely the removal of dead wood or too 

 rampant growth. Foliage shrubs require nothing more than an 

 occasional lopping off of weak shoots, or of strong ones where they 

 seem too crowded. If one side of a shrub is much thinner and 

 weaker than the other, severe pruning on the weak side will have 

 the effect of inducing vigorous growth, and the plant will soon 

 assume a natural and normal shape. Evergreen hedges should 

 be pruned well back in the autumn and then be left to their own 

 devices until the following summer, when frequent and regular 

 pruning will be necessary, 



