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kinds. On page 193 are some good posts that 

 may be used with either fences or hedges. 



Box, Privet, Hemlock, Arbor Vitsc, Holly and 

 Spruce are suitable for hedges. A hedge is really 

 the best thing with which to enclose a garden, 

 or the path leading to one, if it is situated on 

 the lawn. A hedge needs some setting off, how- 

 ever, and brick piers or painted wooden posts 

 (page 193) should be used for the four corners 

 and entrance; or for the latter a wooden arch as 

 seen on the previous page. A good combination 

 of hedge and arch is shown opposite, to use 

 for a path when a partly arboured pathway is 

 desired. The arches may be covered with either 



A Picket Fence 



Honeysuckles or Roses; the former are really better 

 for they carry their blossoms nearly all Summer 

 and are almost evergreen; in fact by the time 



