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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
April, 
1914 
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Bring the Birds Around Your Home 
Our 1914 Catalog 
Tells you liow to attract them by planting. It also 
gives reliable information regarding Hardy Trees, 
Shrubs, Vines, Roses and Hardy Flowering Plants 
for every purpose. Send for a copy. 
We solicit correspondence relative to 
any planting problem 
The New England Nurseries Co. 
Dept. E, Bedford, Mass. 
tent over a little framework that will keep 
it just above the plants. Fill this with 
oak leaves, and secure it thoroughly so it 
cannot blow away. Cut all privet intended 
for a sheared hedge down to within four 
inches of the ground at time of planting. 
This is absolutely essential if any sort of 
a satisfactory hedge is to result," for this 
simply will not grow from the ground up 
unless made to do so by such cutting back. 
The first year will show astonishing 
growth, however, so you need not feel it a 
great loss to cut down even large bushes. 
All hedges that are sheared, whether 
evergreen or deciduous, suffer greatly 
usually through being given a form that 
is non-resistant to weather and storm and 
that prevents their best development as 
well. Remember that where no sunlight 
reaches no branches will grow, and re¬ 
member that a hedge wider at the top 
than at the bottom is bound to shade itself 
from the sun, as well a s catch and hold 
a greater weight of snow and ice in win¬ 
ter than its foundation can endure. So 
aim always at the inverted wedge form in 
shearing. Keep the hedge wide at the 
bottom, narrow it at the top, and it will 
never break down under ice or snow, or 
wind and sleet. Whatever the height, 
keep to this form, and whatever the mate¬ 
rial of which the hedge is planted. The 
top may be flattened if preferred, but even 
here a conical oval is better than a flat sur¬ 
face, as offering less ice hold. 
First Aid to the Orchard 
(Continued from page 279) 
at hunting out foliage. 
The eggs of the White-marked Tussock 
Moth are laid in a white, brittle froth. 
Those of the Rusty species are uncovered, 
each separate egg showing distinctly. Ar¬ 
senate of lead will easily poison either 
species. 
If one were to step a few paces from a 
tree and pepper the trunk or limbs with a 
charge of fine bird shot, the result would 
closely simulate the work of the Shot- 
Hole Borer. Apple or cherry, peach or 
plum, may be attacked. Strip off a bit of 
the bark where the holes are numerous, 
and beneath will be found characteristic, 
slender galleries, radiating from a central 
brood-chamber. The holes show where 
the adult beetles came out. 
A dead limb or a decrepit tree is the 
favorite breeding-place of this insect. 
From these it spreads to other trees near 
by that may be weakened. To check it, 
remove and burn any dead wood before 
growth starts in the spring. 
The borer at the base of the trunk of 
apples, and the species that works simi¬ 
larly in the peach, are due for attention 
now. Sawdust or gum betray their pres¬ 
ence. A sharp knife is the best tool with 
which to locate their burrows, followed by 
a soft wire to probe for the grub. Nick 
the end of the wire so as to give it rough 
bargs; then you may know whether your 
probing has been successful. 
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