THE PRACTICAL FLOWER GARDEN 



any kind of soil except in low places; one 

 never sees pine trees growing in damp mead- 

 ows or wet places. 



If one wishes to make a hedge of white pine 

 the ground should be trenched in the same 

 way as it is for any other hedge, and the 

 young plants then set out, two feet apart. 

 They will grow rapidly, and in a short time 

 will form a hedge five or six feet in height and 

 three or four feet wide at the base, and be an 

 object of the greatest beauty. It needs trim- 

 ming but once a year, and in color and foliage 

 makes a hedge surpassing in beauty that of 

 any other evergreen. Such hedges of white 

 pine are seen in perfection at Cornish, N. H., 

 where one particularly fine surrounds the 

 place of the late Mr. St. Gaudens. 



One of the few hard-wood trees which has 

 not yet, in our part of the country, been 

 attacked by any enemy is the black walnut. 

 These trees are rapid in growth, and very 

 graceful in form; the foliage is sufficiently 

 light to permit of the grass growing under the 



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