CHAPTER III. 



HEDGES FOR SMALL LAWNS, OR FOR DIVIDING LAWNS ; 

 AND WITHOUT SPECIAL REGARD TO UTILITY. 



The distinction which I here draw between 

 hedges strictly ornamental and those which are both 

 ornamental and useful, is one that cannot be strictly 

 carried out, for every hedge is useful and every hedge 

 ought to be ornamental. Yet there is a distinction 

 which owners of landscape gardens thoroughly 

 appreciate. 



SECTION I MATERIAL. 



In the line of deciduous ornamental hedges I 

 do not believe that anything can surpass the Tar- 

 tarian honeysuckles. These occur in several shades 

 of color, and are somewhat varied in vigor of growth. 

 The pink-flowering is the most robust, sending up 

 strong shoots with great rapidity, and wheri these 

 are injured, renewing them quickly. The red-flow- 

 ering is very handsome, and hardly inferior to the 

 pink for hedging. The white-flowering is several 

 degrees feebler in shoots, and it is less vigorous every 

 way. Whichever color is selected, if you wish for 

 an even growing hedge, do not select but one color. 

 In May the flowering is astonishingly profuse, filling 

 the whole air with sweetness. I should like to know 

 where one can find a more charming sight -than such 

 a hedge in full bloom, unless it be the same hedge 



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