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not hardy and the European privet {L. vuhjare) is subject to disease. For 

 best results a privet hedge siiould l)e sheared twice or three times each year 

 and every year from its first planting. 



LUiUittrum lodeiise. Dwarf Privet. A very dwarf form with thickly grow- 

 ing top and small foliage. The plants appear to be lacking in vigor and it 

 has proved unpossible thus far to keep vacancies filled and so impossible to 

 make a shapely hedge. Those plants which do live and thrive, however, pre- 

 sent a most attractive apjiearance, shearing well and making an admirable 

 small dense hedge. This is probably worthy of further cautious trial. 



Amur Privet 

 The best privet for hedge use, and the privets are all good 



Lilac. Leon Si:\iox. This hedge, set in 1926, was intended to show what 

 might be expected of modern hybrid lilacs when used as hedges. The common 

 lilac has long been used as a garden border plant, i. e. in unpruned hedges- 

 Six years' experience with this hybrid variety, however, shows that the growth 

 is slower, more irregular and more imeertain than tlie common lilac and sug- 

 gests tliat the hybrid lilacs will liardly meet the recpiirements for hedge use. 



Lonicern Uitar'uui. Tatauian I loNEvsrcici.E. A strong coarse shrub, with 

 stiff upright stems, very hardy against winter cold: the foliage has a tend- 

 ency to grow rusty and thin out early in the fall. As a hedge it is inclined 

 to overgrow and to become stiff and stubby under the necessary pruning 

 This hedge had a height of 6 feet and a width of 4 feet (i inches. Not recom- 

 mended for jreneral use. 



Marlura poiiiifera, Osage-()r.\N(;e. A hardy tree, natve to the Middle 

 States, and nuich used for farm hedges because of its sturdy growth and 

 repellent thorns. Stands shearing well. The plants in this garden, however, 

 were set as late as the spring of 1930, and though the first year's growth was 

 promising, no practical observations can be reported. 



