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FRITZ BAHR'S COMMERCIAL FLORICULTURE 

 HOW ABOUT HEDGES? 



YOU can use almost any shrub, evergreen or conifer for hedge 

 planting and obtain the desired effect if the plants are sheared or 

 trimmed into shape. Yet certain varieties are more adapted for 

 that purpose than others, and a great deal depends on what height 

 hedge is wanted, what space is allowed for its spreadmg, and for 

 what purpose it is intended. 



There is hardly a florist doing business in a city or town of any 

 size, who, even if he doesn't handle nursery stock, isn't called on ever 

 so often to plant a hedge, whether it is intended merely to line a small 

 lot, to screen an unsightly view or alley, or to be planted back of a 

 wire fence. 



It isn't a matter for discussion whether it is desirable to recom- 

 mend hedges or whether they make a street more attractive, or in 

 time become a nuisance. Rather is it for the florist to encourage his 

 patrons whenever they happen to think about planting a hedge. 



No matter what style of gardening may come into fashion, 

 there will always be some who want a hedge in front, along the 

 sides, or aU around their home grounds, and the local florist should 

 be able to talk hedge as well as bride's bouquet or Christmas basket. 

 What is stiU better is to have a supply of the most popular plants used 

 in the planting of hedges, or to be in position to show a well-kept 

 hedge on his own grounds. 



Fig. 46. — Boxwood in the Nursery Row. We have only recently begun to grow 

 Boxwood in this country, but already we are "on our way." Here we behold two- 

 year-old plants weU mulched with cornstalks to conserve moisture and keep down 

 weeds. They have been growing in their present location in New Jersey one season 

 and certainly look promising 



