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being formed. After this the midsummer work 

 will ordinarily be enough. 



There are of course other plants available for 

 both deciduous and evergreen hedges, but I pre- 

 fer not to confuse the issue by dealing with them 

 here. Consideration of the hedge is not com- 

 plete, however, without reference to the use of 

 honeysuckle or actinidia supported by ribbon 

 wire or by any good strong wire fencing. Rib- 

 bon wire is the simplest to use, for it requires 

 only fastening to the posts as it is stretched, 

 while wire fencing requires a fence stretcher and 

 considerable work to erect it properly and per- 

 manently. Furthermore, it is doubtful if any 

 wire fencing is actually permanent, since time 

 does make inroads upon it even when it is 

 painted and well cared for. So the ribbon wire, 

 which is easily renewed, is again a better choice 

 unless absolute impenetrability is desired. 



On posts set eight or nine feet apart, three 

 rows of this will furnish support for the vines 

 which will, in a very short time, provide a fine 

 and dense hedge — of an almost evergreen 

 character if of the honeysuckle, for it holds its 

 leaves throughout the winter in all but the se- 

 verest latitudes. Set the plants at every post 

 and two between; and see to it that, as they 

 grow, they are twined on to the wire and carried 



