HEDGES AND FENCES 



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trable hedge. Crataegus crus-galli and oxyacantha are also useful. 

 They will require close pruning when small to induce branches at 

 the base of the plants. Crataegus crus-galli, on account of its dangerous 

 needle-like thorns, should not be set out where there is a sidewalk. 

 Hedges of Hemlock, Arbor Vitae and Norway Spruce are substantial 

 when the taller ones are wanted. The Hemlock is the finest, since 

 each plant merges into the next admirably. 



A common blunder with hedges is to locate them too near walks so 

 that they are injured by the constant brushing against them by the 

 passersby. 



The soil should be prepared deeply and well as for ordinary shrub 

 planting. The practice is not advised of placing two rows of shrubs for 

 a hedge. The hedge can be kept cleaner of weeds and its growth is more 

 syimnetrical by planting only one row. It is advisable in setting a 

 hedge to set the plants so that they touch at planting time. This means 

 that the smaller plants, as Barberry, will be planted six to eight inches, 



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