Massachusetts 

 Agricultural Experiment Station 



Bulletin No. 272 March, 1931 



Experiments With Hedges 



By Frank A. Waugh 



Hedges are coming back into fashion. They always were both useful 

 and beautiful when properly placed and well kept. They serve as bound- 

 aries on property lines, as enclosures to gardens, as windbreaks, and for 

 privacy in the home grounds. Many species of trees and shrubs will make 

 good hedges under suitable management. This fact gives range for critical 

 choice of materials. The Department of Landscape Architecture, Mass- 

 achusetts State College, has maintained a demonstration and experimental 

 garden for testing hedges for ten years, and the results of this work are 

 herein reported. -^ 



MAssAciiisi'/irs sr.\ri', coi.i.kge 



AMHERST, MASH. 



