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their own. There is a white variety. This plant (which is some- 

 times grown under the name of Menziesii polifolia) is an evergreen. 

 It never grows to a large size, and is in its 

 most useful stage when it is about eighteen 

 inches high, for it is densely clothed with 

 flowers. It enjoys a peaty soil, but will 

 thrive in loam. It may be expected to be 

 at its best in August and the early part of 

 September. 



We do not get much autumn bloom 

 among the shrubs, but we get abundance 

 of berries, and they are bright and cheerful. PRUNING SHRU 



. . . after flowering, removing bloomed 



We get them on the Aucubas, for instance, wood. A shows the bloomed 



, -.-^ , i f^. . i c J i wood to be removed ; B, B show 



on the Dogwoods (Lornus), on the bpindle y0 un g shoots that must not be 



Tree (Euonymus), on the Pernettya, a 



charming little shrub, on the Skimmias, on the Snowberry 



(Symphoricarpus), and on the Japanese 

 Rose (rugosa). 



As regards pruning shrubs. Those that 

 flower on the wood made the previous 

 year should be pruned after flowering, the 

 wood that has bloomed being cut away to 

 make room for new. But those which 

 flower on the young wood of the current 

 year may be pruned in spring. See figures. 

 The suburbanist who has a large 

 PRUNING SHRUBS garden fairly well out of the town will 



in spring for those that flower on perhaps like to have a. selection of orna- 



current year's growths. A, A, A, 



shoots to be cut out; B, B, B, mental trees, not too large in growth. It 



shoots to be retained ; C, C show 111 v 



how to disbud to avoid undue is a pity to fill up valuable space with 



crowding of young wood. ... , ._, . , 



large common trees like the Plane and the 



Lime, good town trees though they certainly are. The Almonds 

 are useful because of their accommodating nature and early bloom. 



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