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single and double, in yellow and white; the Beauty of 

 Glazenwood; and, for a low-growing hedge, the dainty little 

 "Gentleman's Rose," Cecile Bruner. Many vines trained 

 on wire netting are serviceable, while the Ligustrum ovali- 

 folium or privet, the common box or Buxus sempervirens, 

 arbor-vitae, and the pittosporums, are all excellent hedge 

 plants. I must not overlook either, for the city lots, the 

 many loniceras or honeysuckles. All varieties of this vine 

 are useful in hedge-making, but the Tartarian and the Eng- 

 lish yellow and white are the most hardy. 



For country places any of the above will do, and then 

 there are several that have been tested and proved useful 

 on a large scale. From among these I would suggest the 

 Osage orange (Madura aurantiaca), the honey locust 

 (Glediischia tricanthus), the buckthorn (Rhamnus cathar- 

 iicus), Japan quince (Cydonia japonica), and the Norway 

 spruce (Abies excelsa). 



Without any hesitation, however, I can say that our own 

 native Monterey cypress is the best hedge tree for this coast, 

 where the hedge is to be made on a large scale. 



Great care should be taken to so plan your hedge that 

 it can be gotten at for trimming, and to keep the small 

 animals from making it simply a retreat for themselves. 



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