84 THE FRUIT-TREE AND SHRUB PRUNER. 



necessary. _ This should be done immediately after 

 the flowering is over, so as to give the plants time 

 to make new growth, and to ripen that new growth 

 before the winter. They may be cut back to any 

 extent. 



As grafted standards, a somewhat different plan must 

 be adopted in pruning them. These should be well 

 cr quickly grown ; then, as soon as they have done 

 flowering, thin the head out, leaving long leaders 

 and sufficient laterals towards the crown of the head 

 to insure a healthy supply of young wood for the fol- 

 lowing season's flowers, in a similar way to which the 

 climbing Rose is treated. "When the leaders get too 

 long and barren cut them back. It will be found 

 necessary to thin these grafted Brooms out annually, 

 or they will soon get too thick and full of dead wood, 

 when they will lose their graceful character as lawn 

 trees. 



The Weeping Willow. 



The Weeping Willows are most beautiful objects 

 when well grown. It is frequent^ necessary to prune 

 them to prevent deformity in their appearance, for they 

 will often grow irregular, doing this more on one side 

 than on the other, and so on. Some judicious pruning 

 will be necessary to prevent this — severe cutting 

 back in some instances, and no cutting at all in others. 

 Thus a plant may be made to grow in a symmetrical 

 form. Old and deteriorated plants may be cut back 

 severely to induce a new development altogether ; and 

 some frequent thinning out will be required to induce 

 an equal and graceful habit. 



The "Weeping Ash. 



What has been said about the management of the 

 "Willow applies to this, except that completely cutting 

 it back may not be advisable, nor even necessary. 

 When a Weeping Ash is to be planted a good deal of 



