SHRUBS, HEDGES, AND HARDY CLIMBERS. 



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FORM OF HEDGES. 



Of the many forms in which hedges are pruned, a satis- 

 factory and permanent growth will only be obtained by the 

 triangular or conical shape, Figs. 44 and 45. When the 



Fio. 44. FIG. 45. Flo. 46. 



FIGS. 44, 45. CORRECT FORM OF HEDGES. 

 FIG. 46. INCORRECT FORM OK HEDGES. 



sides are pruned perpendicularly, as in Fig. 46, there can 

 be but little growth except at the top, as at a\ while in the 

 conical or triangular form the tendency will be to grow 

 upward from all points along the sides, as in the above 

 figures, the sides being thus kept well covered with foliage 

 and new growth. 



PRUNING HEDGES. 



As in pruning specimen shrubs, continual shearing at 

 the ends will cause a more or less close, defective, and 

 unhealthy growth, and here and there over the hedge weak 



FIG. 47. WHERE CUT SHOULD BE MADE IN PRUNING. 



branches should be removed at considerable distance toward 

 the inside, which, as shown in Fig. 47, , will result in new 



