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iiiii' [Kirtial sliade. Is distinctly tlmrny — so iiiufli so as to he disairreeahle in 

 the intiiiiai'v of a small home garden. Stands shearinu' well. Several plant- 

 ings on the college gronnds are usually ]>i'uned to a height of ahout 3 feet 

 with e(|ual hreadth. Making- due reser\ations for the thorny character al- 

 ready mentioned, this nnist he regarded as one of the hest hedge plants in 

 the catalog. 



Box I5akhkui!V (.Sometimes cataloged as IUrli<r}s tli aiilu riji Diiuar). A 

 \ery dwarf form of the .Japanese harherry snitahle for lo\\ horders and small 

 hedges generally. M'ill suhmit to j)artial shade, though exi)erience indicates 

 that it is less pliahle in its adaptations than the conunon .Japanese species. 

 Two hedges in different locations ha\e hoth required replantings. The ex- 

 j)erin!encal hedge ])lanted 192() is now 11 inches high and 10 inches broad. 

 Except for its somewhat ca])ricious hahits this \ariet}' may he recommended. 

 When it does well it n.akes a \ei-y good sn:all hedge, and it can he kept to 

 smaller diir.ensions than most hardy jilants. 



Dwarf Box 



The plants are fragrant, evergreen and old fashioned — 



all strong qualifications 



lUt.rus f<f'iii/it-n'ir('iis suff' ruficomi. I'jxiixc; Box.- This dwarf box is some- 

 what hardier than the species. In edgings jilanted in the college gardens in 

 192.5 not a single plant has been lost out of several hun(b-ed. It has had some 

 protection each w inter, how ever, i. e., a few ))ine branches have been thrown 

 over it to hold the stiow . Api)arently this variety is dependable for this lo- 

 cality, and it is indeed a very attractive plant for low garden edgings. 



The type Bu.rus nempcrvireiis, has been grown on the college grounds, but 

 is not reli.iblv hardv. 



- The nomenclature here follnw.s Rehder, Manual of Cultivated Trees and Shrubs, 

 >32. New York, 1927. 



