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8. Irish Yew (Taxtcs Hibernicus). 



4. Mountain Laurel {Kalmia laUfolia). 



5. American Holly {Ilex opaca). 



HEDGE PLANTS. 

 DECIDUOUS. 



1. Osage Orange {3TacIura mirantiaca). 



2. Buckthorn {liharntius Cathartic^is), 

 8. Hawthorn {Cratagus oxyaccmtha). 



4. Althea or Eose of Sharon (Ribiseits Syt'iacus). 



5. Berberry {Berberis vulgaru). 



evergreens. 



1. American Arbor Yn^ {Thuja oceidentalis). 



2. American Holly {Rex opaca). 



8. Hemlock Spruce {Abies Canadensis). 



4. Norway Spruce {Abies excelsa). 



5. "White Cedar {Cujyressiis thuyoides). 



6. Holly-Leaved Berberry {3IaJionia aquifolia). 

 T. Dwarf Box {Baxus suffmcticona).— For edging. 



8. Evergreen Thorn {Oratmgus pyraca7itha).— For the South. 



9. Cherokee Eose {liosa IcEvigata). — Southern. 



10. White Macartney Eose.— The best of all hedge plants for the South. 



Live hedges must gradually take the place of our unsightly 

 fences in the older parts of the country, where timber is already 

 scarce. On the prairies of the "West there seems to be no other 

 resource. See " The Farm" for directions for their cultivation. 

 Some of the foregoing hedge plants have not been well proved, 

 but are all more or less perfectly adapted to the purpose. The 

 Osage Orange seems as yet to be most generally approved. 



