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Pyrus japonica is another plant sometimes used for this pur- 

 pose ; it makes a very neat and very durable hedge, and 

 looks like a hedge of flowers, when in bloom in the begin- 

 ning of summer. The cutting of this, as is the case with 

 most plants, does not prevent it from flowering. English 

 Beech and Hornbeam are also usfd, and make strong fences, 

 and useful for shelter, retaining their foliage nearly all the sea- 

 son. Yellow Willow is sometimes used for light inside 

 hedges, also the Red-twigged Dogwood. Both of these 

 look well when the foliage has dropped. 



Evergreen hedges, although not suitable for protection 

 against cattle, are valuable for shelter as well as ornament. 

 American Arborvitas is one of the best plants for this purpose ; 

 nothing can be more beautiful than one of these hedges, 

 neatly kept, being very easily managed, and requiring only 

 a slight cutting once or twice through the course of the sum- 

 mer to keep it in perfect order. White Cedar, and also the 

 Red, make very neat hedges, and grow rapidly. They are 

 not, however, so lasting as the Arborvitae, and are liable, 

 when they get old, to die out at the bottom. The Hemlock 

 Spruce is also used for this purpose ; it takes a year or two 

 longer to get this up, but we have nothing more beautiful if 

 a proper shape has been preserved ; being of a drooping habit 

 it requires a little care and skilful cutting to get it up, but its 

 beautiful appearance will well repay the little extra attention 

 bestowed on it. Norway Spruce is very valuable for a screen 

 or coarse hedge for shelter, but does not stand cutting well. 

 When this is grown ten or twelve feet high it has a very im- 

 posing appearance, and makes a capital protection from winds 

 in bleak, exposed situations, growing very rapidly, and easy 

 to transplant. 



Yew hedges, so much admired in Europe, can be grown 

 here equally as fine, where the winters are not too severe. 

 This plant will stand the thermometer 10° below zero, with- 

 out much damage, but lower than this the American Yew 

 ought to be substituted. Plants have formerly been high 

 priced, but those of small size, from twelve to eighteen 

 inches, can now be had at more moderate rates. The 



