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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 19 10 



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VICK Quality ASTERS 



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it is good policy never to permit two branches to 

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 such branches should always be removed. Some- 

 times a branch will divide into two equal limbs, with- 

 in a few inches of the trunk or main branch it 

 grows upon, so that if allowed to remain there would 

 soon be two heavy branches inadequately supported. 

 In such cases it is generally best to cut off both 

 branches and to induce a shoot nearby to take their 

 place, though where such branches have already 

 attained a considerable size one may be allowed to 

 remain. 



Very rarely will a boxelder need heading in, 

 though occasionally it becomes necessary to remove 

 about a foot from the extremity of a very rapidly 

 growing branch to induce a more stocky growth. 

 The readiness with which sap-sprouts spring up 

 along the main branches is often the cause of an 

 excessive number of small twigs on the inside of the 

 tree, a so-called nest of twigs, which are more or less 

 injurious inasmuch as they draw upon the vitality 

 of the tree without contributing anything toward its 

 growth. These must therefore be removed, which. 



A correctly pruned boxelder such as this one is a 

 thing of beauty when in full leaf 



however, does not mean that all the twigs on the 

 inside of a tree should be cut out, but that a sufficient 

 number be retained to give a certain density to the 

 top, without these latter crossing or interfering with 

 each other. 



TIME TO PRUNE 



Ordinarily the time at which pruning is done does 

 not appear to affect the healing of the wounds. 



Late winter or early spring is considered by good 

 practitioners to be perhaps the best time to do the 

 work. But the boxelder is a maple {Acer Negundo) 

 and those who are familiar with the making of 

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 flow from the wound if a maple be cut into in early 

 spring, during the time the sap rises. This is 

 popularly known as bleeding. Only excessive 

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 Where a wound is made in late fall or winter the 

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 and sometimes the alternate thawing and freezing 

 of winter causes the bark with the cambium layer 

 underneath, wherein the life of the tree resides, to 

 loosen from the: wood and thus effectually prevent 

 the subsequent healing of such a wound. 



A good time to prune a boxelder is late summer or 

 early fall (September and October) as there is then 

 enough activity left in the cambium layer to start the 



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