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at the present time is Japanese Barberry. Bar- 

 berry is an attractive, low growing shrub, but as 

 it cannot be trimmed effectively it is useless where 

 a good hedge effect is wanted. Ilex Crenata, Jap- 

 anese Holly, makes a nice hedge, but it is not 

 hardy much north of Richmond. 



California Privet is of very quick growth and 

 possesses so many good qualities that it should 

 not be ignored. If you have a hedge of it and can 

 afford the room in your kitchen garden, or some 

 out-of-the-way corner of your place, you can prop- 

 agate good plants from the clippings. These will 

 come in very handy either to set new hedges with, 

 or to fill up gaps that may occasionally occur in 

 the old one. Plant the cuttings with two eyes in 

 the ground and two eyes out, and use the stoutest 

 shoots you can get. Transplant them in the Spring 

 and thereafter prune them into shapely specimens. 

 Although Privet is not evergreen it retains its 

 colour and leaves into Winter, and when once it 

 starts to grow in Spring it progresses rapidly. In 

 fact, one drawback to Privet as a hedge is the 

 frequency with which it has to be clipped in the 

 growing season. 



