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bordering drives. For screens they should be used 
with great freedom. ‘They break up extensive 
plots, forming pleasant retreats, diversifying the 
grounds, creating shady places for seats and ham- 
mocks, and hiding clothes-lines, hot beds, and 
compost piles. However, avoid the petty; be sure 
you do not cut up your lawns into meaningless bits. 
One purpose of ornamental hedges is to make a 
large display of some eminently beautiful shrub, 
such as lilac, or hydrangea paniculata grandiflora, 
or Japanese quince, or Tartarian honeysuckle. I 
never saw a farm that did not have some place 
which a hedge of Tartarian honeysuckle would not 
glorify, and at the same time be itself an object of 
conspicuous beauty. Some of our shrubs we can 
hardly have in excess if planted separately; as 
hedges they can be multiplied even more freely. I 
have seen the Judas tree in April stretching out its 
long lines of rich, lilac-hued flowers along the rear 
of a garden; in another direction, a little later, Per- 
sian lilacs flaming all across a mound; while, alter- 
nating with these, altheas would glorify the same 
mound with superb flowers in August and Sep- 
tember. “It is the finest thing I ever saw,” said 
my friend; and the hired man held his hoe for a 
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