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honeysuckles may be trimmed early in spring. 

 Deutzias, Forsythias, mock-oranges, and Wei- 

 gelas flower on the wood of the preceding year's 

 growth, and should be pruned after June flower- 

 ing, when the old wood may be shortened or cut 

 out. Evergreens may be pruned in April or 

 May, to thicken the growth and preserve shape. 

 Happily, the practice of shaving trees and shrubs, 

 the art of " verdant sculpture," is less common 

 than formerly. Legitimately used to assist 

 Nature, the pruning-knife becomes a valuable 

 assistant ; too often it is the means of destroy- 

 ing identity of form. 



Of the scores of Weigelas or Diervillas under 

 cultivation, I know of few to be recommended 

 for the choice collection of hardy shrubs. For 

 the most part the flowers are of a displeasing 

 color, while the shrub takes up a large space 

 which, with the " rose-colored " kinds, might be 

 occupied to far better advantage. 



For the dwarfer shrubs and plants of the 

 hardy shrub border I should employ such sub- 

 jects as the tree and herbaceous paeonias, the 

 large perennial phloxes, the two forms of the 

 Japanese anemone, and some of the taller lilies. 

 The tall and hardy reed-like grasses Ertan- 

 thus ravennce, Eulalia japonica and its varie- 

 ties may be used with good effect in both the 



