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the southern part of England. It has not the same sombre green as 

 the ordinary cypress or as the thujas, and though it grows quickly 

 it bears the close clipping necessary to a good hedge. 



This useful conifer cannot be readily raised from cuttings, but it 

 is one of the best to raise from seed, if sown in pans in May and raised 

 in a cold frame. Neither does it bear transplanting very well, and 

 because of this nurserymen grow them on in pots plunged in the 



FlG. 9. A clipped box (Buxus) 



soil of the nursery, so that at a young age they may transplant with- 

 out disturbing the root. 



Incidentally, as a specimen, C. macrocarpa is one of the finest 

 conifers, and we have seen magnificent pieces even in some northern 

 counties. 



Among other hedge plants we find Aucuba japonica, not always 

 satisfactory it is true ; bay (Laurus nobilis), very slow growing but 

 practically impenetratablejvhen grown ; box, once so largely used, 



