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Coffee Shrubs: coffee shrubs, which reached the Pacific slope in the 1860's, led to profound economic and social changes. Owing to the lower capital investment required, Guatemalan agriculturists much preferred coffee shrubs to sugar as a cash export crop. Modern commercial practices and innovations in production (including the use of machines in final coffee shrubs processing) were introduced by the German growers who arrived after 1871. coffee shrubs still accounts for nearly one half of the nation's revenues.
Grass, growing in the shade of trees and shrubs, has to compete with them for food as well as moisture. Relieve the pressure of this competition by providing for the needs of the trees and shrubs as •well as the grass. Fertilize the lawn regularly and also the trees and shrubs. So far as possible, place the fertilizer intended especially for the trees and shrubs deep in the soil so that their roots are encouraged to strike downward. This may be done by using the method described below. Fertilizer intended primarily for the grass is applied at the surface.
SHRUBS ARE commonly grouped either with other shrubs or with herbaceous plants and annuals, but some kinds look their best planted as isolated specimens and some can be trained against walls. Magnolia stellata is an excellent example of the former type and pyracantha, Japanese quince (Chaenomelesjaponica), and ceanothus all do well against walls, where their stiff branches may provide support for genuine climbers, such as the less rampant varieties of clematis. Most shrubs take several years to attain their full size. In the meantime, temporary plants, such as dahlias, annuals and herbaceous perennials, can be used to fill the space until the shrubs require it all. |
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