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sima, remains stiff and hard for some years, 

 whereas F. suspensa makes a rolling heap of green 

 in two or three years. Quick, informal effects can 

 also be obtained by the use of Hall's Japanese 

 honeysuckle (Lonicera Halliana of nurserymen), 

 an evergreen in the South and holding its leaves 

 until midwinter or later in the North. It may be 

 used for covering a rock, a pile of rubbish, a 

 stump (Fig. 179), to fill a corner against a foun- 

 dation, or it may be trained on a porch or arbor. 

 There is a form with yellow -veined leaves. Rosa 

 Wichuraiana, and some of the dewberries, are use- 

 ful for covering rough places. 



Many vines, which are commonly used for 

 porches and arbors, may be used also for the bor- 

 ders of shrub -plantations and for covering rough 

 banks and rocks. Such vines, among others, are 

 various kinds of clematis, Virginia creeper, ac- 

 tinidia, akebia, trumpet creeper, periploca, bitter- 

 sweet (Solatium Dulcamara), wax-work (Celas- 

 trus scanclens) . 



For hedges, either evergreens or deciduous trees 

 and shrubs may be used. Of common evergreens, 

 the various kinds of arborvitae, native hemlock, 

 and the retinosporas, may be used. They stand 

 cutting well. Privet (particularly the so-called 

 Calif ornian), mahonia, box and Citrus trifoliata 

 are also either evergreen or partially so, depending 

 somewhat upon the region in which they are 

 grown. Mahonia and box are true evergreens, and 



