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former the top is flattened to a width equal to half the base, in 

 the latter it is not flattened at all but is an actual wedge form.) 



Edging for Beds and Walks 

 I — Buxus sempervirens, suffruticosa: dwarf boxwood; four to six 

 inches high; set four-inch plants four inches apart; protect 

 lightly with litter from hot sun during the first two or three 

 winters after planting. 



2 — Ligustrum ovali folium: California privet; any soil and will 

 do perfectly well in shade; may be kept trimmed to four 

 inches in height — when this is done the leaves become small 

 and the general appearance very like boxwood; Amoor 

 privet may be treated in the same way. 



Columnar — Natural Forms 

 evergreen 



1 — Juniper us Virginiana: red cedar; may attain forty or fifty 

 feet in time; any soil — poor and stony, or low and damp 

 ground, or even immediately on the seashore; nearest 

 approach to the classical cypress form, but may not retain 

 this in extreme old age, as it has a tendency to lose its lower 

 branches and spread into picturesque irregularity at the top. 



2 — Thuya occidentalis, pyramidalis : pyramidal arborvitse ; finally 

 reaches thirty feet in height; prefers a moist, loamy soil; 

 very slender and spire like. 



3 — Juniperus communis, Suecica: Swedish juniper; attains to 

 forty feet in height; any soil; narrow and slender ; light 

 bluish-green in color, 



DECIDUOUS 



i—Populus nigra, Italica (P. nigra, fastigiata) : Lombardy 



