102 PLANNING AND PLANTING 



compact, bright green hedge, grows very rapidly, 

 and is easily kept at any desired height, and in 

 any form, by pruning or shearing about once in 

 two weeks during the growing season. 



The proper method of setting out this plant is 

 to dig a trench and set the plants in a double row. 

 The plants should be spaced one foot apart in the 

 row, but as one row is started six inches past the 

 first row you will have, in effect, two plants use'd 

 for each running foot of hedge, thus : 



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and for the making of corners or other ornamen- 

 tations to the hedge, it is advisable to group a half 

 dozen or so plants at such spots in the hedge. 



Outside of shearing, this hedge needs practically 

 no attention whatever after it is once established. 



When first setting out the plants, they should 

 be cut back very severely, almost to the ground, 

 to promote a dense bottom growth. 



The plants should cost you from about four to 

 six cents each, and either the Privet, or the Bar- 

 berry, of which we shall next speak, may be planted 

 with equal success, either in the spring or fall. 



For those who wish a hedge, more graceful in 

 form than the Privet, and not so stiff and formal, 



