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The home garden (1917)

Seymour, Edward Loomis Davenport, 1888- [from old catalog], American seedtape company. [from old catalog] · Garden City, N.Y., Arranged and printed for the American seedtape company, by the Country life press · leaf 41

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llow a happy medium. Most peopleapply the same rule to everything, which means that theyprune some plants too much and others not enough. Thepurposes of pruning are four, namely, (i) to give a definiteshape and stature to a tree or shrub, as in the case of youngfruit trees, hedges, etc. This is the… … It isnt the amount ot space that the garden covers that counts, but ratherthe way that space is used THE HOME GARDEN 39 to do its best in a natural, unrestrained way. This cuttingout of dead wood, trimming back of ungainly shoots and verylight thinning is the natural method and the only one that…

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