SPRING 



sunny place, along a stone wall or against 

 a building or in front of a shrubbery, where 

 there is some protection from the frosts of 

 early Autumn. 



Trees and shrubs should be planted as 

 soon as the ground can be worked. Mag- 

 nolias of all varieties, hybrid Rhododendrons, 

 mountain Laurel, and Azalea mollis (which 

 does not thrive in cold localities) should 

 only be planted in the Spring. Rhododen- 

 drons and Azalea mollis do best in a partly 

 shady location, and should be well mulched 

 and not allowed to suffer from drought. 



Hedges of all varieties can be set out in 

 early April. Where the Winters are severe, 

 privet is often winter-killed. This some- 

 times occurs after several years of growth 

 and is a great loss. It is not so much a 

 continual low temperature which kills, as 

 the alternate freezing and thawing of our 

 variable climate. Hemlock spruce, Siberian 

 arbor vitae and honey-locust all make hardy 

 and satisfactory hedges. After a hedge has 

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