Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-03-13
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With the advance OF warm weather.
people who have lawns and yards wili
begin to think OF baviug them 'slxed up's
for spring. and . few hintS now may be
OF service TO some few Of the mauy who
own yards" in Wilmington, II you can
spare the space 10 your valued REPUDLI-
Tho trimming and pruning Of tree,
and shrubs 10 the principal work At this
season, and what has mot been done
slreAdy should be attended To ct once.
ana II good results are deslf, no pruning
should bs attempted by one not thor
onghiy acquainted with tho management
OF trees, shrubs, rosss, ETC., for tho sim.
pie reason that hardly any two varieties
OF plants will do well with the sane
treatment. Tea roses, for instance. re.
qutre NO pruning. only the removal OF
dead aud weak wood, while hardy roses
require to Be pruned heavily in order to
get greater number OF young shoots
nd consequsntly , greater number OF
good bloons.
Then again, such shrubs a. spirsa ~,
Forsythias. Phila.lslpbus (syn. mock
orange), Snowfall, Mountain Fringe,
&C., should not be cut back until after
towering, but then pruned a. soon %
possible Afterwards, the reason being
that those shtuLs iipwsr upon the wood
made tho previous season, and II cut
back before howsrihg the wood oontaiping
tho flower end, ID eat away, but by prun-
Ing Immediately sitter Towering, the plant
d enabled to make and mature good
Towering wood for the next season. As
the shrubs msntionsd above come into
tloom nearly In The order they are named.
and extend over period OF two months,
the fallacy Of pruuing them, all at ons
time will bs at once apparent.
In direct opposition to the above class
Of plants are thoss which bloom upon
the young wood Of the present season,
such ., Roses, Rubu., bridal rose).
Honeysuckis, Cltmstis, Akebia, In
fact nearly al tho hardy viues, should
be pruned during winter or very early
spfiug. but nevar before the wood 10
thoroughly ripe and hard, ~ too early
pruning will often caase the plants to
die down, almostl 70 the surface Of the
ground.
Evergreens, !. = plants which retain
their foliage all winisr such as R.tiais-
poras, arbor Vita, holly and biotss,
should never be prrnsd, q careful trim
miuK 10 ofsler to keep them In good
shape is all that IL necessary.
In tho growing OF grape vines how
often Is the complaint made that there
mas OUeh no trult ICr 30 many years aud
yet the wins 10 strong and healthy; in
nine cases out Of ten the fault 10 In tile
pruning. Now ths Concord, the Cl nton
snd Delaware grapes arc not varieties Of
one species Of grape vine, but ot three
esch AS distlnct 10 character NJ they are
In flavor. habit OF growth aud appear :
ance OF fruit, and yet they are generally
pruned upon the one principle OF cutting
back all last years wood to one eye
Tho best way in planting grape vines Ia
| to keep the name ofeach vine attached
TO the Dor, or better still painted upon
one Of the strips OF the arbor and call
the Attention OF the pruner to the fact
"How to pruuc" 10 something which
requires ali the attention OF the be :
gardepsrs. The beat uurserymsu never
intrust that branch to unskilled work.
mon fer the simple reason that man
who docs not know would destroy q
who.e seasons work In short time,
white ao0l prnnsr brinRs about re-
sults which arc on.y equalled by thoss
OF the propagation. HoRLIKs.
Wilmington, Del, March II. 1890.