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HEDGES 



HEDGES are capable of fitting any 

 scheme of planning and combine 

 with the beautiful some of the most ex- 

 cellent of practical features. These " live 

 fences " with the colors of nature have a 

 limitless range of shapes and sizes. 



If dense, the hedge not only obstructs 

 the vision of the outsider but acts as a 

 windbreak. If less thick it still screens, 

 but at the same time allows a certain 

 amount of air to pass through. With the 

 average wall or fence, once in place, a 

 change is not easy. Not so with the 

 hedge. It may be varied from year to 

 year, now thick, now thin, now high, now 

 low, until just the right shape and density 

 are acquired. It improves with time. 



With hedges you have wonderful back- 

 grounds for garden accessories, long lines 



of bright color if needed or screens to ob- 

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