FLOWERING AND OTHER HEDGES 317 



excellent it would be to have a hedge of Guelder 

 Rose or flowering Currant or Japan Quince, and 

 how much more interesting than the usual hedge 

 of Quick or Privet or Holly. Both sides of the 

 flower hedge should be easily accessible, not neces- 

 sarily by a hard path, but by a space just wide 

 enough to go along comfortably. An additional 

 advantage well worth considering would be that, 

 supposing the direction of the hedge to be east and 

 west, the south side would flower in advance of the 

 north, and so prolong the supply of bloom. 



