HEDGES 



the whole locality had a hopelessly barren look when 

 the Deutzia hedge had stopped flowering. Eventually, 

 she replaced them with evergreens never reaching so 

 great a climax of beauty, yet changing little throughout 

 the year. She found these evergreens more restful 

 than the remarkable flowering hedge. 



A Japanese rose, Rosa rugosa, and its hybrids has, 

 of late years, been found to make a most useful hedge 

 of medium height and close growth. In fact, when 

 well established a dog turns back discouraged before 

 the prospect of pushing through its prickly branches. 

 The growth of this rose is extremely vigorous, the 

 bushes increasing in size rapidly. The large single 

 blossoms, which are bright crimson or pure white, 

 unfold early, slightly before the June roses, for which 

 they pave the way. Later they are followed by hips 

 of unusual size and vividness of color. For a hedge 

 about or near a rose garden these bushes have value; 

 although it is a matter of individual taste whether to 

 have a hedge in bloom at the same time as the roses 

 or to choose one that will unfold either before or after 

 the garden has lost its own treasures. 



For a dwarf rose hedge the crimson baby rambler 

 is steadily making its way. It is a marvelous little 

 plant, showing each day throughout the season large 

 clusters of crimson roses, yet never lifting them higher 

 than twenty inches. In brilliancy and endurance, the 

 crimson baby rambler forms a low hedge unrivaled 

 for many purposes. 



For tall, fencelike hedges there are, besides the rose 

 of Sharon, the cockspur thorn, Crat&gus Crus-galli, 



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