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or three years, using practically every growth that 

 is made by the plants. By this means a good 

 foundation is laid for the hedge, which will, when 

 made, merely require an annual trimming. We 

 plant Sweetbriars everywhere. Its leaves in the early 

 morning, or after a warm summer rain, saturate the 

 air with their fragrance. 



Hedges of Flowering Shrubs 



It often happens that some kind of hedge is wanted 

 in a garden, either as a screen to hide vegetable 

 ground, or as a wind-break, or some kind of partition. 

 When this is the case, it is a good plan to plant 

 hardy flowering shrubs about 4 feet apart, and so 

 to train and trim them that they grow into a compact 

 hedge, and yet have enough lateral play to allow 

 them to flower. Two years ago we privately advised 

 some friends who were planting new gardens where 

 such dividing hedges were wanted, and the hedges 

 are already coming into use and beauty. 



Such a hedge is not only ornamental, but it yields 

 endless material for cutting. It should be allowed 

 to grow quite 4 feet thick, and is best formed with 

 a backbone of stiff woody shrubs, such as Guelder 

 Roses, Ribes, and Lilac, while between the stiffer 

 shrubs might be some that are weaker, such as Kerria, 

 Rhodotypus, and Leycesteria. Plants of rank rambling 

 growth, such as free Roses and double-flowered 

 Brambles, Aristolochia, Wistaria, Virginia Creeper, and 

 the rambling Honeysuckles, are not in place in such 

 a hedge ; they are more suitable for rough hedge 



