VERY letter, "Amateur Gardeners, " will be answered — 

 every garden need, every garden problem that confronts 

 you, puzzles you or worries you, write about it and if I 

 cannot help you solve it, I will see to it that those who 

 specialize in that particular problem, need or worry of 

 yours will do so. — E. E. H. 



CLIPPING BOX EDGINGS 



Q. I have box edgings around many of the beds in my 

 garden. When do you consider the best time to clip them? 



A. I think the la^t week in April or the fir^ week in May 

 the be^t time, for then there will be no danger of the new 

 growth being injured by late Spring fro^s. Box edgings 

 clipped early in the Spring make new growth that is very 

 tender and, naturally, mo^ susceptible to and frequently 

 injured by the late fro^s we often have even early in May. 

 By delaying the work until the la^t week in April or the fir^ 

 week in May the new growth is not produced until all danger 

 of severe fro^ has passed. But the clipping should be com- 

 pleted not later than the fir^ week in May so that ample 

 new growth may be made before your box edgings are sub- 

 jecfled to the often intense heat of Summer. 



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