FLOWERING AND OTHER HEDGES 



Of the more or less known 3000 species and varieties 

 of trees and shrubs hardy in this country, only a 

 small proportion are suitable for making good hedges. 

 Every garden of any size has a hedge or two of 

 untidy look through inattention at the proper time. 

 A hedge must be kept in proper order, not a difficult 

 business when clipping is done annually, when to 

 do so depending upon the plants used. 



Hedges may be of two kinds — the neat trimmed 

 hedge, which serves as an outside line to a garden, 

 and also as a screen or wind-break to small or tender 

 plants growing near it ; and the straggling rough 

 hedge, varying from 10 to 20 feet in width, more 

 properly a wide bank made up of all sorts of plants, 

 rambling Roses, ornamental Vines, and other things 

 which usually serve to brighten some spot where 

 colour is desirable, or to shut out an undesirable 

 view. The best plants comprise both evergreens and 

 deciduous, but only one thing should be used, as 

 mixed hedges are rarely a success, and of mingled 

 evergreen and deciduous plants are generally quite 

 a failure. The best evergreen plants in their order 

 of merit are Holly, Yew, Arbor-vitae {Thuya occidentalis), 

 Thuya gigantea, Lobbi, Common Box, Cupressus law- 



soniana, C. nootkaiensis (Thujopsis borealis), Privet (Ltgus- 



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