THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Fig. 1697. — Hawthorn Hedgk at YARMoaxH. 



hawthorn hedges, which will not endure 

 the hot dry climate of Ontario. Here 

 they grow most luxuriantly, and are used 

 in place of fences around all the best 

 places. One of which we took a snap, Fig. 

 1696, is 60 years planted, and well worthy 

 of especial notice. Even in the cemetery 

 many lots are surrounded with haw- 

 thorn hedges, some with white spruce, 



which is much more enduring than the 

 Norway, and one we noticed was en- 

 closed with a fine beech hedge, the first 

 we ever saw in Canada. This Yarmouth 

 Cemetery was very pretty, but the 

 enclosing of the lots with hedges is, in 

 our opinion, a mistake, spoiling the 

 unity of design, and giving stiffness of 

 effect. Another fault, if we may criti- 



Fro. 1698. — Residknce of Mr. Wyman, Yarmouth, N.S. 



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