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CLEMATIS "MADAME ANDRE." Large 

 beautiful crimson-red flowers throughout the 

 season. Vine a vigorous grower and much 

 desired as a trellis climber. 



CLEMATIS PANICULATA GRANDI- 

 FLORA. A very popular variety with great 

 masses of small fragrant, white, star-shaped 

 flowers. A rapid and vigorous grower, 

 covering an arbor or trellis in a short time. 

 The feathery seeds are very attractive after 

 the leaves have fallen. A most desirable 

 climber. 



HONEYSUCKLE, HALL'S JAPAN, Loni- 

 cera Halleana. A half evergreen vine re- 

 taining its foliage until late in winter. 

 Flowers white, turning to yellow as they grow 



older. Good for covering low walis. Trained 

 on a fence, it makes a beautiful hedge. 

 TRUMPET HONEYSUCKLE, Lonicera 

 Sempervirens . A vigorous, rapid grower, 

 with bright red flowers. Attractive on walls. 

 TRUMPET CREEPER, Tecoma Radicans. 

 A robust native vine of twining habit. 

 Flowers trumpet-shaped and orange-colored. 

 Used quite often along low walls. 

 WISTERIA SINENSIS. A graceful -vine 

 of rapid growth. Flowers pea-shaped and 

 pale blue, in long clusters. A good porch 

 and arbor climber. 



WISTARIA SINENSIS ALBA. Similar 

 to the preceding, but with white flowers. A 

 beautiful climber. 



Hedges for Living Fences 



THE use of wooden, wire or iron fences around the home is becoming a thing of the past. 

 These fences are expensive to keep in repair, and they are far from being things of 

 beauty. Is it not better to plant a hedge which will grow stronger, more beautiful 

 and more permanent every year instead of requiring additional repairs? Hedges have 

 appropriately been called "living fences." They serve as a protection from outside intrusion, 

 and at the same time are beautiful. Hedges can be used for marking boundary lines of 

 the your property where division is desired. How much prettier is this wall of solid rich 

 green than an ugly artificial looking fence! A hedge is usually made up of straight, hard lines. 

 In order to make it appear more naturalistic, a few groups of the same plant or other shrubs 

 can be planted in clumps at irregular intervals along the hedge and they will break up the 

 straight lines of the hedge. 



BARBERRY, JAPANESE, Berberis Thun- 

 bergii. One of the hardiest and best hedge 

 plants. See description under shrubs. 

 PRIVET, IBOTA, Ligustrum Ibota. The 

 hardiest Privet. Excellent for hedges. Of 

 upright habit with narrow green leaves and 

 clusters of fragrant white flowers. Good for 

 massed planting. 



PRIVET, CALIFORNIA, Ligustrum Ovali- 

 folium. The most familiar of hedge plants. 

 Flowers pure white in July. Foliage glossy 



S'een. Will grow in city or at seashore, 

 an be pruned to any height. Excellent 

 hedge plant, but cannot rely on hardiness 

 north. 



PRIVET, REGELS, Ligustrum Regelianum. 

 A variety of the preceding. Readily dis- 

 tinguished by the almost parallel slender 

 branches which slightly droop, giving the 

 plant a most graceful appearance. Fine for 

 border planting. 



PRIVET, COMMON, Ligustrum Vulgare. 

 A half evergreen form with dark green 

 foliage and white flowers. June or July. 

 Leaves turn purplish in the fall. Excellent 

 for massing in the border. 

 PRIVET, AMOOR RIVER, NORTH, 

 Ligustrum Amurense. A shrub of upright 

 growth with shiny foliage and white flowers. 

 Hardier than the California Privet. An 

 excellent hedge plant. A good border plant 

 for massing when unpruned. Has proved 

 hardy in Maine, with the thermometer 

 registering 38 degrees below zero. 

 MOCK ORANGE, Philadelphia Coronarius. 

 An excellent high hedge to 10 ft. Used 

 extensively as a screen to shut out undesirable 

 views. Described more fully under shrubs. 

 SPIREA VAN HOUTTEI. The best 5 ft. 

 hedge plant. Slender, drooping branches. 



Japanese Barberry 



Heads the list of hardy hedge plants it is con- 

 sidered an ideal hedge red berries in Winter. 



The Home Fruit Garden 



The following is a select list of the best varie- 

 ties for home use. Each fruit is given in its 

 order of ripening earliest ripening sorts first, 

 latest ripening sorts last: 



Dwarf Apple. Liveland Raspberry, 



Henry Clay, Wilson Red June, Grimes Gol- 

 den, Stark King David, Stark Delicious. 



Crab Apple. Florence. 



Dwarf Pear. Stark Seckel, Duchess, 

 Anjou, Triumph and Gold Nugget. 



Cherry. Dyehouse, Stark Gold, Mont- 

 morency Stark, Suda Hardy. 



Quince. Missouri Mammoth, Van Deman. 



Apricot. Superb and Stella. 



Peach. Red Bird Cling, June Elberta, 

 Eureka, Alton, Stark Early Elberta, J. H. 

 Hale, Sea Eagle, Krummel October, Mam- 

 moth Heath Cling. 



Plum. Mammoth Gold, Early Gold, 

 America and Omaha. 



Small fruits may be planted in a separate 

 part of the garden or they can be planted in 

 rows between the fruit trees. 



American Ivy 



A universal favorite 



quick grower, 



healthy. 



A hedge of Spirea 

 Van Houttei grown 

 from Stark Bro's 

 stock. A magnificent 

 naturalistic hedge. 



Boston Ivy 



Beautiful on stone or brick. 



The following are the proper distances for 

 planting of the different small fruits: 



Grape Vines. 8 ft. apart; currant 

 and gooseberry, 4 ft; blackberry and rasp- 

 berry, 3 ft. apart in the row and rows 5 

 ft. wide 



Rhubarb. 3 ft. apart. 



Asparagus, 1 % ft. apart, rows 3 ft. wide. 



California Privet 



A standard hedge plant, one of a group 

 of Privets all of which are splendid 

 for hedges. Each has its peculiar value 

 but none are more popular than this. 



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