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kept down to 2 ft. or where a heavy screen, 5 to 6 ft. in height, is 

 wanted. The florist who does landscape work at all, and has a little 

 nursery or land to spare, cannot do better than have his nurseryman 

 supply him each year with a few hundred plants, say 12 to 15 in. in 

 height, and plant them in rows. In this way he will have each year 

 a nice lot of stock to draw from and can let some of the plants grow 

 into specimens, which should always be lifted with balls of earth. 

 If you use them in a hedge and have the room, plant a double 

 row. If along a public sidewalk keep at least 4 ft. from the lot line 

 with the outside row. It is always poor policy to plant without 

 figuring so as to allow the plants to spread and develop. If you do, 

 you will find a few years later, just when the plants are at their best, 

 that they are overhanging a walk or driveway to such an extent as 



Fig. 110. BERBERIS THUNBERGII. Few shrubs are superior to the Japanese Bar- 

 berry for hedge planting and a still smaller number excel it in hardiness. When you 

 consider its beautiful, dense foliage, its graceful habit, the showy coloring of the 

 leaves in the Fall, and the many bright berries that last all Winter, you cannot 



help but like it 



