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Good soil binder. Stands severest pruning and can be trained high 

 or low. Most popular hedge plant in modern gardens. Free from 

 disease and stands shearing with impunity. Almost evergreen. 

 Foliage bright green in summer, becoming bronze in winter. Occa- 

 sionally winter kills to the ground in the North. Set 6 inches deeper 

 than in the nursery and cut back to 6 inches or less. Set 12 inches 



apart, or up to 2 feet in very rich ground. , REGEL'S (L. Ibota, 



var. Regelianum). Low growing, denser habit with spreading, 

 drooping branches clothed with white tassels in June; 8 feet. Useful 

 as a border hedge to plantations and along roadways. Should not 

 be planted as a protection. The best of the flowering privets. 

 Lower, denser habit than Ibota. 



QUINCE, JAPAN (Cydonia Japonic a). Most showy defensive hedge of 

 spring. Bright scarlet flowers in May. Spreading spiny branches 

 making strong low defence, growing six feet high. Do not prune too 

 close. Subject to San Jose scale. Best defensive hedge for flower 

 gardens. 



ROSE, RUGOSA (Rosa rugosd). Best rose for hedge purposes growing 

 right on the seaside. Much used in Newport, R. I. Flowers 

 magenta to pure white, slightly fragrant, produced all summer. 

 Large apple-like fruits. Grows three feet high and does not need 

 shearing. (See p. 183.) Other roses for effect are Marie Pavie 

 and other polyanthas. (See ROSES, p. 309.) The native rose, R. 

 lucida y is excellent for low border hedge, carrying fruits till winter. 

 Should be cut back entirely every few years. 



ROSE OF SHARON (Hibiscus Syriacus). Sturdiest and largest flowered 

 hedge. Leafs late in spring. Blooms in August, September. 

 Select good pink or white varieties. Prune in winter for profusion of 

 flowers. Do not permit the plants to run up, leaving the base bare. 

 Set 3 feet apart. 



SPINDLE TREE (Euonymus Japonicus). South of Washington one of 

 the best hedge plants, and does well in the North with shelter. The 

 bright pink and orange fruits recall the bittersweet. A climbing 

 variety (var. radicans) is an excellent evergreen vine and is hardy in 

 New England. There are various colour variations in the foliage. 



SPIREA, VAN HOUTTE'S (Sp>iraa Van Houttei). Best white-flowered 

 hedge. Handsome foliage all summer. Good informal hedge and 



