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hedge with a neat and pretty foliage, but its tendency to sucker is an objection to its 

 use for hedge purposes. 



11. Japan Rose. Rosa Rugosa. — Planted in 1890, height 3 feet 6 inches, width 

 near base 4 feet. This bush makes a fairly compact hedge and grows rapidly, the 

 foliage is larger than that of most roses, and the leaves are thick and glossy, and are 

 seldom injured by insects. When in bloom its large deep rose coloured flowers are 

 handsome and fragrant. The flowers are succeeded by clusters of very large bright red 

 fruit attractive throughout the winter. The tendency of this shrub is towards a 

 spreading growth, and a hedge of it needs more frequent clipping than some others. 

 Its tendency to sucker is also against it. It may be propagated by seed and by suckers. 



12. Golden-leaved Spiraea. Spircea opulifolia aurea. — Planted in 1890, height 5 

 feet, width near base 5 feet. This is one of the handsomest hedges in the group, 

 thrifty and compact in form, a rapid grower and is perfectly hardy. When the foliage 

 expands in the spring it is of a brilliant golden hue, and it retains more or less of this 

 colour until near the end of the season. This hedge contrasts finely with adjacent 

 hedges with green and purple foliage, and is a striking object on account of its unusual 

 colour during the greater part of summer. 



13. Red-leaved Rose. Rosa rubrifolia. — Planted in 1890, height 4 feet, width 

 near base, 3 feet 6 inches. This makes a pretty hedge, its small, neat foliage retaining 

 a decided purplish red colour until the autumn. It is almost free from thorns and 

 bears clusters of single pinkish, rose coloured flowers, followed by bunches of large 

 scarlet fruit which remain on the bushes all winter. It does not, however, form a 

 compact hedge, but is thin towards the base, and hence is not so desirable as some 

 others. This is easily grown from seeds and most of the seedlings come true to colour. 



/ 14. Arbor Vitae. Thuya occidentalis. — Planted in 1890, height 3 feet, width 

 near base 3 feet. This valuable native tree makes a first class evergreen hedge, one of 

 the best. It is compact, neat, of a rich green throughout the summer, assuming a 

 duller shade during the winter months. It is very hardy, and does not require much 

 3are or trimming, although it bears cutting well. In addition to the hedge of 50 feet 

 there is more than a mile of this hedge on the Central Experimental Farm, forming a 

 boundary line on each side of one of the main roads passing through the farm. Arbor 

 vitae hedges have also been planted in several other places as a margin for inclosures 

 adjacent to the buildings. These hedges are all good specimens, they have made 

 regular and even growth, and are much admired by visitors. In many parts of Canada 

 young trees of this species can be obtained from the woods, they should be trans- 

 planted when not more than 12 to 18 inches high into nursery rows and grown for a 

 season, when the most thrifty plants should be selected to form the hedge, and when 

 planted they should be trimmed so as5 to be even in height. Young and well rooted 

 plants can also be obtained from the nurseries. 



15. Baker's Rose. Rosa Bakeriana, planted in 1890, height, 2 feet 3 inches width 

 near base 2 feet. This is a European wild rose which is tender in this climate, it kills 

 back badly every year and is of no value here for any purpose. 



16. Lilac. Seedlings of Syringa vulgaris alba. — Planted in 1890, height 4 feet 3 

 inches, width near base 3 feet 6 inches. The shrubs which form this hedge were 

 raised from seed of the White Lilac, procured in Germany. They were from 12 to 18 

 inches high when planted, have grown well and have made a compact and shapely 

 hedge, no flowers have yet been produced. The foliage is large, glossy and handsome, 

 and the hedge is very attractive. 



17. Sweet Briar. Rosa rubiginosa. — Planted in 1890, average height 3 feet 6 in- 

 ches, width near base 3 feet, but very irregular. This bush has a straggling habit in 

 growth, it also lacks hardiness and is of no value for hedge purposes in Ottawa. 



18. Thunberg's Barberry. Berberis Thunbergii. — Planted in 1890, height 2 feet 4 

 inches, width at base 3 feet. This is a recently introduced species from Japan brought 

 over in 1883. It makes one of the prettiest hedges in cultivation where a low growing 

 hedge is desired. It is neat, very compact and regular in growth, is very hardy and 

 retains its foliage during summer nearly to the ground. It bears clusters of flowers in 

 the spring of a greenish straw colour tinged with red, which are followed by brilliant 



