22 THE MINIATUEE FEUIT GAEDEK 



Bushes are admirably adapted for gardens exposed 

 to winds, and if removed biennially they may be grown. 

 in the smallest of gardens with great advantage. This 

 biennial removal or lifting should be performed as 

 follows: — A trench should be opened round the tree 

 the width of a spade, and from twelve to fifte'en inches 

 deep; the tree should then be raised with its ball of 

 earth attached to its root intact. If the soil be light 

 and rich, and the tree inclined to grow vigorously, 

 making annual shoots of more than one foot in length, 

 it may be replanted without any fresh compost. Rotten 

 manure, loam, and sand, equal parts with the addition 

 of lime, chalk, or gypsum where the soil is known to. 

 be deficient in lime, form also an excellent compost ; in 

 planting, one wheelbarrowful to a tree will be enough. 

 In London suburban gardens, for which these trees are 

 peculiarly adapted, no compost need be given to the 

 trees in replanting, for the soil is generally rich. Bush 

 trees offer two very great advantages : they are easily 

 protected from spring frosts when in blossom by cover- 

 ing them with tiffany, and they may be planted from 

 three to five feet apart with great facility, so as to be 

 eligible for very small gardens. 



In large gardens, large bushes may be desirable. 

 In such cases the leading shoots on each branch may 

 be pinched, as recommended for pyramids (page 8), 

 but instead of pinching them to three leaves they may 

 be suffered to make ten leaves, and then pinch the 



