Pruning. 



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422. Pruning for Picturesqueness is seldom employed. 

 It requires a thorough knowledge of pruning and of plant 

 growth, combined with the conceptions of the artist. 



423. Pruning for Stockiness aims to develop a low head 

 with abundant branching, and a strong trunk. It is best 



accomplished by pinch- 

 ing (416 a) the upper- 

 most growing points dur- 

 ing the growth period, 

 and encouraging low 

 ^ \ branching on the stem. 

 X^ \ If a spreading form is 



/^ .. ^desired, the lower 



f \ branches should be 



pruned to outside buds (Fig. 157). 



FIG. 159. Raspberry 

 cane rendered stocky by 

 pruning. 



Pruning for stockiness is FIG. ieo.. Raspberry 

 much practiced in the rasp- cane not P runed - 

 berry (Figs. 159 and 160) and blackberry, 

 in hedges and in many ornamental plants. It tends 

 to the production of flower-buds, by checking 

 growth of wood (137). 



424. Pruning for Slenderness is seldom necessary, 

 as a slender growth may readily be produced by 

 close planting. It is accomplished by persistently 

 removing or cutting back the lower branches, and 

 permitting only a few branches to develop near the ter 

 minus of the stem. 



