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Show The Evergreen! "King" It seems to be nut lire's intention that nil evergreen trees shall have one main spike-, which rises straight up- The spniee, us an example, prows In this way with the side j branches pom:: straight out parallel to the irrnmhl from the base of the ' upri.u'lit. The upri-ht then sprouts a nimiher ul' branches nt lis tip to repeat the process. If throimh Injury In-jury or pruniii:;. the center or up. I ri-.lit hraneh of a new series Is killed all of he side branches at ,llis turn gradually upward and lids continues for some tlun until one. throuuh son mysterious selection, asserts h-elt as the main branch and the others then irrad-ually irrad-ually drop ba-U to their horl 'ontal position ami the tree resumes 0cf more Its normal growth. |