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disfigured by wind and rain. They should be cut hard back after 

 flowering. 



The majority of Privets (Ligustrums) require severe pruning 

 to keep them compact and of good appearance. Many of the newer 

 forms are distinctly beautiful both as regards their elegant growth 

 and the fine trusses of flowers which many of them produce. They 

 should always be pruned in early spring. 



Viburnums. — A great number of the newer forms are most 

 interesting, and require moderate pruning after flowering to keep 

 them shapely. Viburnum Tinus, commonly called Laurustinus, and 

 its varieties answer well when severely cut into the old wood. Such 

 severe cutting, when necessary, should be done in early spring. 



Ulex europaeus, Furze or Gorse, and its varieties respond admirably 

 to severe pruning. This is best when done every five or six years, and 

 the plants cut to the ground immediately after flowering, whether grown 

 in beds, masses, or as single specimens. Where ground game abounds 

 it will be advisable to protect the young growth for the first year. 



Phillyreas require but little pruning in a young state, but when 

 desirable it may safely be done at any period of the plant's hfe. 

 Even very large specimens may be pruned to within a foot or two of 

 the ground during early spring. They will be found to break away 

 freely afterwards. In fact, such severe cutting appears to impart new 

 life to the plants, which in a short course of time will make dense, 

 shapely bushes. 



The shrubby ISIew Zealand Veronicas do not like severe pruning, 

 especially when cut into hard wood. Such pruning as is necessary 

 should be done after flowering. 



The Mexican Orange Blossom, Choisya ternata, does not usually 

 require much pruning, but if by chance the plants become unhealthy, 

 as they sometimes will, they should be cut down to the ground. 



Buddleias. — Many of the newer varieties of B. variabilis are really 

 magnificent, and the best of them should be grown in every collection. 

 To keep the plants shapely they should be severely pruned during the 

 second week in April. If pruned too early, late spring frosts may injure 

 the growths. The old B. globosa is always an attractive plant when in 

 flower, though one frequently meets with poor, straggHng specimens. 

 Such may be pruned well back into hard wood about 2 feet from the 

 ground, when it will be found that they will readily make fine, shapely 

 plants, and flower abundantly. 



The American Allspices, Calycanihus floridus and C. glaucus, 

 should always be included in the collection, and to keep the plants 

 neat should always be pruned immediately after flowering. 



Caryopieris Mastacanthus, from China and Japan, is one of our 

 most beautiful late-flowering subjects, and when well grown and covered 

 with its beautiful blue flowers forms one of the most conspicuous 

 objects in the garden in late autumn. It should be hard pruned in 

 spring. 



Kerria (or Corchorus) japonica, and its varieties, may be pruned 



