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Show PRUNING SHRUGS I The task of pruning shrubs around tho homo is mora often neglected than attended to. Following neglect tho shrubs grow Into unsymmotrlcat slmiies and ceaso to flower as freely as thoy did at first. Much dca-1 wood accumulates among tho bronchos, bronch-os, and when It Is at last decided that somo pruning must bo done, It Is found almost Impossible to do a satisfactory sat-isfactory Job. Tho best way to avoid such a situation Is to pruno tho shrubs somo ovory year. It tokos very llttlo tlmo and by cuttlrg out a llttlo wood overy year, ono is nblo to keen the shrubs In good shapo and an nvold mutilating tliem by a so-voro so-voro pruning. Shrubs which bloom early In the spring such as bridal wreath, lilacs and snowballs, should bo pruned soon after they havo stopped blooming. Pruning at this tlmo stimulates tho growth ot new wood that season that produces flowers tho noxt spring. Those which flower in summer or fall however .such as hydrangea, cor-alborry cor-alborry and mock orango should bo pruned la tbo fall or spring whllo dormant. A few other shrubs, among thorn tho barberries, roqulro no pruning prun-ing scarcely, except to remove tho dead branches, or somo ot thoso whoro the bush Is too dense. In pruning shrubs, ono of tho main, things to keep In mind Is that somo of tho old wood should bo cut out oach year, and somo ot tho young shoots allowed to dovolop, In ordor to renew tho shrub. Cut out air dead branches and do not allow the shrubs to becomo too denso. II. A. MeOln-ty, MeOln-ty, Colorado Agricultural College. |