Victorian gardens: The art of beautifying suburban home grounds (1870)
Scott, Frank J. (Frank Jesup), 1828-1919 · [n.p.] D. Appleton & Co. · leaf 123
mlock, witharbor-vitas-like foliage, will be an admirable tree for large works ofthis kind, if it continues to prove hardy. The pines are mostly disposed to drop their lower limbs asthey increase in height, and this peculiarity may be availed ofin producing other forms of growth. If, for instance,… … SHRUBS AND TREES. 125 feet high, cutting their leaders out so as to leave a tier of branchesas nearly as possible at the same height on the four trees. Thefollowing year see to it that none of these upper branches turn upto make leaders, and if necessary tie them down to a horizontaldirection. By…
