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THE FRUIT-TREE AND SHRUB PRUNES. 



Yis. 52. 



thev belong to an avenue, because it causes so many 

 years' vacancy and loss of beauty. Nor is there really 



any need for it, for the trees 

 enumerated above are well able 

 to bear a severe cutting back ; 

 and if due attention is paid to 

 the early pruning of them and 

 the formation of a compact 

 growth no such severe process 

 will be required. But if at 

 any time it is necessary, no 

 one need be afraid to cut the 

 heads close down, as is seen in 

 Fig. 52. Fig. 53 shows the 

 tree recovered by one season's 

 growth, supposing it to be an 

 evergreen Oak, Lime, Elm, 

 Sycamore, or a Chestnut. Fig. 53 is a fair illustration 

 of the thing. 



Park trees will sel- 

 dom require any pruning 

 except to shorten in those 

 branches which have ad- 

 vanced too freely, and 

 have consequently dis- 

 torted the tree, and which 

 will in all probability 

 get blown off by a high 

 wind, as is frequently the 

 case with the Horse Chest- 

 nut. The evergreen Oak 

 which I refer to is not 

 the Ilex Oak, but the 

 " Lucombe Oaks," of 

 which Crispa and Den- 

 tata are the most beautiful 

 varieties. Suber is also 

 a very beautiful evergreen 

 Oak. The Cork-tree will do well in Devonshire, and 

 is admirably adapted for superior park and open street 



Fig. 53. 



