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the hedge and let fall in festoons on the outside, 

 or along the top. The effect obtained by such a 

 method is distinctly good, as the Nasturtium will 

 be in bloom from the first part of June until frost, 

 and the bright blossoms are well shown off against 

 the dark green of the hedge. In some of the best 

 old gardens of England Nasturtiums are trained in 

 this way up over the high Yew hedges and screens. 

 The seed should be planted about the tenth of 

 April in the neighbourhood of New York, unless 

 the season is very backward. If you would rather 

 you may have the bed between the path and hedge 

 in grass, where you can naturalize clumps of Jap- 

 anese Iris with Crocuses, Tulips and Narcissi 

 growing between them. These may be left undis- 

 turbed as they will have ripened by the time 

 the grass has to be trimmed. 



To obtain the best results with Privet as a hedge 

 use three-year-old plants, and set them out in two 

 alternate rows, fourteen inches apart, and eight or 

 ten inches apart in the rows. When they become 

 established in this way the branches interweave 

 and form a compact, sturdy mass, and so support 

 each other that the snow and ice of the severest 



