FOR THE HOME BEAUTIFUL 101 



PLANTING THE HEDGE 



THE first requirement, of course, will be to select 

 the type of plant suited to your requirements. 



While the Privet and the Barberry are the two 

 most widely used plants for Hed'ges, there are 

 also a number of others suited to the purpose, for 

 some locations. 



We have the Hemlock, the Spruce, and Arbor- 

 vitae, all of which, in time, form high, dense, ever- 

 green hedges; the Osage Orange or Buckthorn, 

 which is suitable for a tall, impenetrable hedge, 

 also the Hawthorn, the slow growing but beautiful 

 Boxwood, the Rugosa Rose, the Althea or Rose 

 of Sharon, and a number of other special types 

 that are occasionally used with good effect for 

 special hedging purposes. 



In this chapter we shall deal, however, only with 

 the two most generally used types. 



The best known hedge plant, and the one most 

 generally used, is as we probably all of us know 

 by observation, the California Privet (or the 

 Amoor River Privet, which is somewhat more 

 hardy, and probably more adapted to our ex- 

 tremely cold sections). 



Privet we find in use everywhere, and almost 

 always perfectly satisfactory. It makes a dense, 



