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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



The condition of these trees often, especially where they 

 have grown closely together, is generally such that severe 

 trimming and some training may be necessary to bring them 

 np to their most beautiful and perfect condition; but trees 

 with sound trunks and good roots in good soil even though 

 large and ill-shaped may be made ornamental. Figs. 17, 



Fio. 17. 



FIG. 19. 



19, 20, and 21 illustrate trees as they are often found, 

 and the dotted lines a show where they should be cut 

 or headed back to give them the proper start to renew 

 their growth. Fig. 19 shows a very tall tree with branches 

 and leaves so far from the ground that when the foliage is 

 covered with moistnre or the shoots with ice or snow it 

 may be injured by bending to the ground; when if cut 

 as shown at a to the height desired and a leader en- 

 couraged to form the centre of the growth, with laterals 



