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species, this should have its predominance over any rival leaders maintained. Some trees which 

 in their native countries are naturally tall and stately, are apt in this country, from causes due 

 no doubt to an unsuitable climate or soil, to become stunted and spreading in growth. Much 

 may be done to induce a taller, freer growth by thinning out the crowded branches and 

 considerably shortening back' those that are left. Whether cultivators will care to take 

 this trouble depends, of course, on the esteem in which particular trees are held.' 



Pruning Flowering Shrubs.— Here the end desired is quite different. Some shrubs, 

 indeed, never need be touched with the knife, as, for instance, evergreens and those shrubs 



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that form clear, well-defined stems, like Rhododendrons or Halesias. Whenever it is 

 necessary to cut them in merely from considerations as to space, or because some particular 

 outline is desired, the best time to prune is just after flowering. The shrubs for w hich pruning 

 is really necessary to obtain fine and abundant flowers are those which renew themselves by 

 young sucker growths from the base, such, for instance, as various species of Spirasa, Kerria, 



