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Repotting: — This is done by us once in 2 or 3 years as follows: lift the plant out of 

 the jardinier and with a sharp pointed stick remove about 3- of the old soil around the edges 

 and bottom, cutting away a portion of the old fine roots but none of the strong roots, then 

 replace the plant, in the same jardinier first looking to the drainage, for a small shallow 

 jardinier we use a flat piece of tin or a flat crock over each hole, over this spread some 

 rich fresh soil, neatly balance the plant and fill up with the same rich fresh soil to within 

 \ an inch of the rims, this holds the water and prevents the manure being washed over the 

 sides of the jardinier also the soil should be made sufficiently tight round the edges of the 

 jardinier to prevent the escape of water, it being of the first importance that the entire ball 

 of soil around the plant be moistened at each watering, should the watering of the plant at 

 any time be neglected and the soil has become quite dry, put the jardinier in a tub of water 

 for 10 or 15 minutes, not longer, and if the injury is not too serious the plant will recover. 

 In the case of large plants we use hollow crocks for drainage, the same as is used by growers 

 of specimen plants. After several repottings, the plant having increased in size, shift into a 

 larger pot, but as dwarfness is the thing aimed at the smaller the shift the better. Repotting 

 should be done February or March just before spring growth commences. 



We advise when it is possible to get the above work done by a good gardener who has 

 been accustomed the handling of Heaths, New Holland plants, etc. In the case of very 

 shallow jardiniers we find it desirable annually to replace a portion of the old soil to 

 maintain a healthy growth. 



Pruning: — To maintain dwarfness in the trees, pinch back the young growth, this we 

 usually do from April to the middle of June and always with the finger and thumb, a 

 practice followed by the late Mr. Thomas Rivers of Sawbridgeworth, England, when 

 preparing his dwarfed fruit trees fruiting in pots. In Thuja obtusa we pinch out the points 

 of the young growth all over the plant to maintain to the form, this practice we also apply to 



