So CATALOGUE OP" THK YOKOHAMA NURSERY Co., Ltd. (1913). 



we give no manure and the same in winter and early spring, the plants then being at rest, the 

 best manure is finely powdered oil cake or bone meal, to a jardiniere i foot in diameter we give 

 3 or 4 large teaspoon fu Is not heaped of this dry manure spread evenly round the edge of the 

 jardiniere, a larger or smaller will require more or less, a small jardiniere say 3 inches by 6 

 inches, half a teaspoonful will be ample each time. 



Repotting : — This is done b}- us once in 2 or 3 }'ears as follows : lift the plant out of the 

 jardiniere and with a sharj^ pointed stick remove about J 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 jardiniere first looking to the drainage, for a small shallow jardiniere 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 J an inch of the rims, this 

 holds the water and prevents the manure being washed over the sides of the jardiniere also the 

 soil should be made sufficiently tight round the edges of the jardiniere 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 water of the plant at any time be neglected and the soil has become 

 quite dry, put the jardiniere in a tub of water for 10 or 15 minutes, not longer, and if the injury 

 is not 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 b}^ a good gardener who has 

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

 jardinieres we find it desirable annually to replace a portion of the old soil to maintain a healthy 

 growth . 



DWARFED TREES. 



Pruning : — To maintain drawfness 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 b>' 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 



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