SIX] WINDBREAKS AND HEDGES 
nurseryman, Mr.J.J. Harrison, says, ““ Many homes 
are almost desolate for want of common-sense pro- 
tection. We have screens in our nursery, and the 
difference between being behind them and outside 
of their protection is almost the difference between 
being chilled through and being by a fire. Most 
of the trees needed can be obtained by any one 
from a pasture lot or the edge of a forest.” 
In some of the Western cities school-houses have 
been carefully protected by windbreaks. In Chi- 
cago some one has planted Irish junipers in boxes, 
and these are used for screens in school yards, as 
well as for an ornament. The idea has caught so 
that it is not seldom one may see these junipers 
standing around a kitchen door, or to conceal 
refuse piles. They have the advantage of being 
movable. 
Now you will wish to know more about strictly 
ornamental windbreaks. Among the shrubs, the 
Tartarian honeysuckle is incomparably the best. I 
have described this shrub more fully in another 
chapter. It is hardy, beautiful in flower, and more 
beautiful in berry. Best of all, it quickly renews 
a breach. This is a notable and very valuable 
peculiarity. There are three varieties, distin- 
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