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cut thein in on both sides once a year, to keep them 

 close and within the limits of what it is desirable they 

 should be, as neat flowering edgings. This cutting in 

 may be done either in the autumn or the spring, but I 

 should prefer the month of July or August in which to 

 do it. 



Miscellaneous Plants. 



There are numerous other plants used for edgings, 

 &c, nearly all of which require trimming in annually, 

 or nearly so, such as the Golden Feather, Daisy, Sedmn, 

 Veronica, Iberis, Koniga, Peristrophe Angustifolia, 

 Strachys lanata, Thyme, &c. All these require more 

 or less annual cutting in, or they will soon get out of 

 order for such a purpose. 



In concluding these remarks on the subject of 

 pruning, I would observe that there are many plants 

 which are not mentioned here which will require nearly 

 similar or, in some cases, precisely the same manage- 

 ment as regards the cutting in or pruning as those 

 enumerated above, and severally treated under this 

 head, the rules concerning which may be consulted 

 when necessary. 



