MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 157 
The prevalent use of California privet (Ligustrum ovali- 
folium) in St. Louis has led to the belief that it is the only 
hedge plant for this vicinity. While its quick growth, ease 
of upkeep, and adaptability to any desired shape has been 
responsible for this popularity, there are many other plants 
quite as practical and under some conditions more desirable. 
Almost any of our best-known shrubs are equally ornamental 
and serviceable when used to divide gardens, outline drives, or 
provide seclusion. 
The following table indicates the hedge plants which have 
been tried out at the Garden: 
Common Manner of 
Botanical Name Name Height Treatment. 
Aralia pentaphylla....Aralia ......... Medium ..... Informal 
Berberis Thunbergii... Japanese 
barberry ...... OW seers Formal 
Berberis Thunbdergii . 
RONG CA ee Pk DATDCITY «5 LOW. o6acie ck Formal 
Cornus stolonifera.....Dogwood........ if a Reeg otoree Hat Informal 
Crataegus Oxyacantha. English haw....Tall ........ Formal 
Cydonia japonica...... Japanese quince Medium ..... Formal 
Diervilla floribunda... Weigelia ....... Medium ..... Informal 
Deutzia crenata....... DOW ope TRE hein es informal 
Elaeagnus longipes....Gumi ........ SCPRI Sc Gst ey Formal 
Ezochorda grandiflora Pearl bush...... Je TE Geena as Informal 
Gleditsia triacanthos...Honey locust...:Tall ........ Formal 
Hibiscus syriacus,..... Rose of Sharon. Tall ........ Informal 
Hippophae rhamnoides.Sea buckthorn...Medium ..... Informal 
Ligustrum ovalifolium California privet.Medium ..... Formal 
Ligustrum ovalifolium 
UUTOUN G55 veucwes ce Golden privet...Low ........ Formal 
Ligustrum Ibota.......Japanese privet.Medium ..... Formal 
Lonicera tatarica..... Honeysuckle ....Tail .... 66% Informal 
Lonicera fragrantissima Honeysuckle ...,Tall ........ Informal 
Mahonia Aquifolium...Oregon grape...Low ..... pe Informal 
Philadelphus grandi- 
TIOTUS 3 oes x (cckcee MOCK Orange... ..'Tall: <5; ae Informal 
ROSQ TUGOSR Ee eee Japanese rose...Medium ..... Informal 
Rhamnus cathartica... Buckthorn ..... Pall sess ... Formal 
Spiraea Bumalda 
var. “A. Waterer”....Spiraea ........ LOW sécsn ... Informal 
Spiraea prunifolia,,..Bridalwreath ...Medium ..... Informal 
Stephanandra fleruosaStephanandra ...LOW ......-- Formal 
The best of the formal hedges include the privets: the Jap- 
anese barberry, with its compact growth, dense foliage, and 
brilliant coloring of fruit and foliage in the fall; the 
stephanandra, resembling the barberry in appearance, and 
honey locust, English haw, and buckthorn, for taller effects. 
A recent introduction which promises to become a fine sub- 
