HOW TO PLANT A SMALL PLOT 



bought for fifteen dollars a hundred, and 

 should be set eighteen inches apart. 



The Privet is a favorite hedge in this 

 country. It keeps green until December, 

 and leafs out early in the spring. It is 

 hardy and of rapid growth. Good plants 

 are six dollars a hundred, and should be 

 planted a foot apart. Catalogues say that if 

 planted in rich soil one foot apart, a hedge 

 five feet high can be grown in three seasons. 

 Common Privet is more hardy than Califor- 

 nia Privet. Hydrangea paiiiculata grandiflora 

 makes a beautiful low-growing hedge ; good 

 plants can be bought for six dollars a 

 hundred. Berheiis Thunhergii, or Barberry, 

 makes a fine hedge, on account of its beau- 

 tiful foliage and scarlet fruit. It is, how- 

 ever, slow -growing. 



The owner of a small place should avoid 

 the temptation to scatter flower beds about 

 the lawn. Keep all the planting along the 

 edges of the property and around the house, 

 and leave the lawn unbroken by flower beds. 



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