98 HEDGES, WINDBREAKS, SHELTERS, ETC. 



berries on these bushes is enormous, and while they 

 are to us bitter and worthless, they seem to be pecu- 

 liarly grateful to the fruit-eating birds. Perhaps 

 next in importance is a row of mountain ash trees 



FIG. 14. GROUND PLAN OF COUNTRY PLACE, 



SHELTERED BY NORWAY SPRUCE. 



grown as a windbreak. If you prefer, you may com- 

 bine the two by inserting a mountain ash at every 

 twenty or thirty feet in your honeysuckle hedge. 

 This mountain ash tree grows to a hight of about 



