SOME GREEN THINGS OF THE EARTH 



near it, — ^but also for the value they give to 

 deciduous trees and shrubs in spring and 

 summer. 



Small, choice evergreens about a place, 

 such as the finer arborvitse, retinisporas, and 

 other Japanese evergreens, and even the 

 native cedars and hemlocks, are wonderfully 

 improved by an annual clipping in August 

 of each year. This clipping need not be more 

 than an inch, or at the most two inches, but 

 it has great effect in thickening and beauti- 

 fying the foliage. There is no comparison in 

 beauty between a tree that has been clipped 

 for three successive years and one that has 

 never been clipped. This treatment is espe- 

 cially necessary to the evergreens in formal 

 gardens, for by this means the trees may be 

 kept at the height and size desired. Un- 

 dipped trees will usually be open and ragged 

 looking, while those that have been clipped 

 will have very much finer and almost impen- 

 etrable foliage. 



The native cedars, of which there are sev- 

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