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CHAPTER XI. 



SCHEDULE OF HEDGE AND BORDER PLANTS. 

 Plants for Edging Garden Beds. 



Alternanthera Delicate to frost, only standing 3 ; can be saved 



by cuttings or root divisions in cold districts. Plant 6 inches 



apart. 

 Berberis vulgaris (Common Barberry) 1 foot, Spring clipping 



necessary. Evergreen. Very hardy. 

 Euphorbia splendens (Christ Thorn) Numerous scarlet flowers, 



quite impenetrable and easy to grow. 

 Buxus sempervirens (Box) Not very satisfactory. Subject to 



Red Scale and Dorthesia, which makes gaps after a time. 



Best in cold districts. 

 Cupressus arizonica Very compact, bluish green. Plant 9 inches 



apart. 

 Juniperun communis Dark green, compact. Good for many 



years. 

 Spiraea callosa and 8. 0. Anthony Waterer Delicate and fairly 



compact growth. Milk white and crimson flower heads of 



great beauty. 

 Thuya compacta Dark fern-like foliage. Keeps dwarf for a 



long time. Plant 9 inches apart when 3 inches high. 



Plants for Hedges, from 3 to 15 feet. 



Amelia floribunda One of the best of the flowering hedge plants, 

 and, if well trimmed, will be quite compact and good. 



Aberia caffra (Kei Apple) A rough, impenetrable and thorny 

 hedge, to turn cattle; more useful than beautiful; 4 to 10 

 feet. 



Bambusa fortunei (Dwarf Bamboo) A handsome and effective 

 hedge for the Coast, warm Midlands, and mist belt; quick 

 growing. Should be planted with a wire fence running 

 through it; 4 to 5 feet. 



Brunfelsia eximia This is a most beautiful shrub, with purple 

 flowers in great profusion, and in hedge form is very com- 

 pact and good; 4 to 6 feet. 



