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and entrances, makes an ideal decoration for a 

 lawn. 



Arbor Vitsc is often used for making hedges, but 

 as it grows old it is apt to lose some of its lower 

 branches and to present a moth-eaten appearance. 

 A beautiful variety is the golden although a lit- 

 tle too decorative; but occidentalis is perfectly 

 hardy and surer to succeed. 



Native Holly (Ilex opaca) makes an attractive 

 hedge, but I would hardly recommend its use for 

 enclosing a garden in northern latitudes. If you 

 have some position that is sheltered it would repay 

 you to try it, for it is particularly beautiful in 

 Winter. Spruce is too coarse and clumsy for a 

 hedge except on a very large scale, and it will not 

 do well near other trees; it is more valuable for a 

 screen or wind-break. A Spruce hedge does not 

 blend well with a garden of old-fashioned flowers. 



