Ornamental Shrubs, Vines, Etc. 267 



can add much to naturally beautiful surroundings. Among 

 the best trees and shrubs for this purpose are the following: 



Locust, Honey. Privet. 



Arbor-vitas, Siberian. Buckthorn. 



Hemlock. Barberry, Common. 



Boxwood. Barberr>', Purple. 



Quince, Japanese. Barberry, Japanese {B. Thunhergii) 



Rose, Japanese. 



Siberian Arbor-vitae {Thuja occidentalis, var. Siherica). 

 — Already described under "Evergreen Trees." 



Hemlock {Tsiiga canadensis). — Must be planted in a deep, 

 cool soil with some protection from hot sun and extreme cold 

 northwest winds. 



Boxwood {Buxtis semperoirens). — Described under "Ever- 

 green Shrubs." Desirable for a small, low hedge or 

 border. 



Japan Quince {Cydonia japonica), Fig. 122, page 222. 

 — One of the most rapidly growing and hardy of our shrubs 

 and especially valuable for hedges. It requires considerable 

 care to keep it in perfect form and should be severely headed 

 in at planting to make it throw up numerous shoots at the 

 base, without which a good hedge cannot be made. It is 

 not a shrub that will bear as close pruning as some others, 

 but if allowed to take a natural bushy form it is very beauti- 

 ful in flower and has a rich dark-green foliage. 



Honey-locust {Gleditchia triacanthos). — None of our 

 deciduous trees makes a hedge that is sure to turn animals 

 or the small boy so effectually as this, when properly treated. 

 As with most trees or large-growing shrubs, severe pruning 

 is required to give them the strong growth of numerous 

 branches at the base, and then each succeeding year if it 

 be cut back from four to six inches longer than the last year 

 it soon forms a dense mass of strong shoots near the ground. 



