EXPERIMENTS WITH HEDGES 



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Arborvitae six years planted and clipped to a very small garden edging 



raiiiic of soil coiulitioTis niul t-xposin'cs, ;iiiicn,il)l<' to ;iliiio.st .iiin kind of tffal- 

 iiifiit, ;ni(i .suited to many forms of izai'tlfii iisr. 



A second plaiitint!; of tills species was made in the sprini;" of 1!*2I. wit!) 

 small })lants \ inches high set (i inches a]iart, with a \ iew to testinii the fc- 

 siilts of very close pruning. It was thought that perhaps a small gai-den hor- 

 der or edging might be grown. The results after six years are faii'ly satisfac- 

 tory. It has been ])ossible to keep these ])lants in reasonably good health and 

 growth and yet ])rune them to a height of 7 inches and a width of (i inches. 



Arborvitae covered with snow and even more at liojue tlian in the suinmer 



