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THE FROT-TREE AND SHRUB PRTJNER. 



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The GrARRYA. 



This evergreen shrub has the appearance of an Oak 

 as regards its leaf. It is exceedingly handsome in the 

 early spring on account of its long, pendulous, and 

 graceful catkins, which are produced on the preceding 

 year's growth in great abundance, giving to the plant 

 an air of beauty not often found among this class of 

 hardy shrubs. A shrub of this kind nicely trimmed up 



to a four or five feet clear 

 stem, having a symmetrical, 

 umbrella-shaped head, and 

 in good health, and placed 

 on a lawn, forms an object 

 worthy of such a situation 

 where it can thus display 

 its character. 



Its pruning consists in 

 carefully cutting - in any 

 points which are calculated 

 to distort its true symmetry. 

 Overgrown and old plants 

 may be cut back, as in Fig. 

 63, which represents the 

 Garrya as a lawn tree. 

 This may be taken as an illustration of a well-trained 

 specimen which has grown freely, and been annually 

 pruned. 



The Acacia. 



There are two classes of the Acacia, one that bears 

 pea-shaped flowers, and the other imperfect flowers, i.e. 

 those which have no perfect petals, but are composed of 

 brush-like flowers. Each of these classes requires 

 similar treatment in the pruning. The points of 

 the shoots should be nipped out while the plants are 

 young, in order to obtain compact and symmetrical 

 plants. But in the event of a plant getting over- 

 grown it may be cut back severely, when, if not 



Fig. 63. 



