﻿August, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  XIX 
  

  

  remain 
  in 
  solution, 
  staining 
  the 
  solvent. 
  One 
  

   may 
  in 
  this 
  way 
  protect 
  himself 
  from 
  adul- 
  

   terated 
  paints 
  and 
  from 
  aniline 
  dyes, 
  which 
  

   spoil 
  the 
  best 
  color 
  scheme. 
  These 
  tests 
  might 
  

   be 
  applied 
  over 
  night 
  to 
  the 
  paints 
  used 
  by 
  a 
  

   contractor 
  who 
  mixes 
  his 
  own 
  paints 
  and 
  guar- 
  

   antees 
  to 
  employ 
  only 
  the 
  best 
  materials. 
  The 
  

   alkaline 
  emulsifying 
  agents 
  are 
  the 
  adulterants 
  

   most 
  commonly 
  used, 
  for 
  they 
  permit 
  the 
  in- 
  

   troduction 
  of 
  cheap 
  petroleum 
  products 
  and 
  

   water 
  in 
  place 
  of 
  pure 
  linseed 
  oil. 
  

  

  THE 
  HARDY 
  HEDGE 
  AS 
  AN 
  

   ORNAMENTAL 
  FEATURE 
  

  

  OF 
  THE 
  LAWN 
  

  

  By 
  Ida 
  D. 
  Bennett 
  

  

  WHERE 
  any 
  attempt 
  at 
  formal 
  garden- 
  

   ing 
  is 
  undertaken 
  or 
  it 
  is 
  desired 
  to 
  

   have 
  a 
  garden 
  that 
  shall 
  be 
  something 
  

   more 
  than 
  scattered 
  beds 
  about 
  the 
  lawn 
  or 
  

   the 
  foundations 
  of 
  the 
  house, 
  the 
  planting 
  of 
  

   some 
  sort 
  of 
  a 
  hedge 
  becomes 
  of 
  first 
  import- 
  

   ance. 
  Where 
  no 
  massed 
  plantings 
  of 
  ever- 
  

   greens 
  or 
  hardy 
  shrubbery 
  is 
  attempted 
  along 
  

   the 
  boundaries 
  of 
  the 
  lawn, 
  the 
  hedge 
  of 
  

   hardy 
  shrubs 
  may 
  take 
  its 
  place 
  to 
  advantage, 
  

   but 
  it 
  will 
  especially 
  be 
  advisable 
  in 
  affording 
  

   privacy 
  to 
  the 
  garden, 
  to 
  the 
  service 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  grounds, 
  and 
  to 
  cut 
  off 
  from 
  the 
  flower 
  

   garden 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  grounds 
  allotted 
  to 
  

   the 
  kitchen 
  garden 
  when 
  they 
  are 
  in 
  close 
  

   neighborhood, 
  as 
  must 
  be 
  the 
  case 
  on 
  the 
  city 
  

   lot 
  or 
  the 
  grounds 
  of 
  moderate 
  dimensions. 
  

  

  The 
  evergreen 
  hedge 
  has 
  long 
  been 
  popular, 
  

   and 
  has 
  the 
  advantage 
  of 
  being 
  always 
  sightly, 
  

   even 
  in 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  winter. 
  Their 
  merit, 
  

   however, 
  ends 
  with 
  their 
  evergreen 
  character, 
  

   as 
  they 
  occupy 
  an 
  amount 
  of 
  room 
  that 
  one 
  

   often 
  feels 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  spared, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  few 
  

   flowers 
  or 
  plants 
  which 
  will 
  thrive 
  in 
  the 
  im- 
  

   mediate 
  vicinity 
  of 
  an 
  evergreen 
  hedge. 
  There 
  

   are 
  situations, 
  however, 
  where 
  nothing 
  can 
  take 
  

   the 
  place 
  of 
  evergreens, 
  whether 
  grown 
  as 
  a 
  

   hedge 
  or 
  massed 
  in 
  long 
  beds 
  or 
  lines. 
  

  

  For 
  a 
  prominent 
  position 
  along 
  the 
  lawn 
  

   there 
  is 
  nothing 
  better 
  than 
  a 
  hedge 
  of 
  hardy 
  

   flowering 
  shrubs, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  several 
  varie- 
  

   ties 
  of 
  this 
  class 
  of 
  plants 
  which 
  are 
  all 
  that 
  

   can 
  be 
  desired 
  in 
  this 
  direction, 
  being 
  both 
  

   ornamental 
  in 
  foliage 
  and 
  beautiful 
  when 
  in 
  

   bloom. 
  

  

  The 
  finest 
  shrub 
  for 
  ornamental 
  hedges 
  is 
  

   undoubtedly 
  the 
  hydrangea 
  paniculata 
  grandi- 
  

   flora, 
  which 
  blooms 
  late 
  in 
  August 
  and 
  con- 
  

   tinues 
  well 
  into 
  or 
  late 
  in 
  September. 
  The 
  

   paniculata 
  requires 
  plenty 
  of 
  room, 
  and 
  should 
  

   be 
  planted 
  at 
  least 
  five 
  feet 
  apart 
  if 
  large 
  

   plants 
  are 
  set, 
  smaller 
  plants 
  being 
  set 
  three 
  

   feet 
  apart 
  in 
  the 
  row, 
  and 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  they 
  have 
  

   grown 
  sufficiently 
  to 
  fill 
  up 
  the 
  gap 
  between 
  

   them 
  every 
  other 
  plant 
  should 
  be 
  taken 
  up 
  and 
  

   set 
  elsewhere. 
  The 
  remaining 
  plants 
  will 
  then 
  

   quickly 
  fill 
  up 
  the 
  gap, 
  usually 
  in 
  one 
  season, 
  

   and 
  the 
  plants 
  removed 
  may 
  be 
  used 
  to 
  extend 
  

   the 
  hedge 
  or 
  to 
  start 
  a 
  new 
  hedge 
  elsewhere. 
  

  

  The 
  plants 
  should 
  be 
  pruned 
  severely 
  early 
  

   each 
  spring, 
  cutting 
  back 
  about 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  

   the 
  new 
  growth; 
  in 
  this 
  way 
  larger 
  blooms 
  

   are 
  secured 
  and 
  stockier 
  plants. 
  Well 
  grown 
  

   plants 
  should 
  always 
  be 
  broader 
  than 
  they 
  are 
  

   tall. 
  Any 
  good 
  soil, 
  well 
  manured, 
  suits 
  the 
  

   hydrangea, 
  and 
  a 
  heavy 
  mulching 
  of 
  manure 
  

   late 
  in 
  the 
  fall, 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  partially 
  re- 
  

   moved 
  in 
  the 
  spring, 
  and 
  the 
  finest 
  forked 
  

   into 
  the 
  soil 
  and 
  the 
  earth 
  covered 
  heavily 
  

   with 
  lawn 
  clippings 
  through 
  the 
  summer, 
  

   should 
  keep 
  the 
  hedge 
  in 
  condition 
  to 
  bloom 
  

   generously, 
  especially 
  if 
  not 
  allowed 
  to 
  suffer 
  

   for 
  water 
  at 
  any 
  time. 
  

  

  Hydrangeas 
  are 
  increased 
  by 
  cuttings, 
  which 
  

   may 
  be 
  stuck 
  in 
  damp 
  sand 
  in 
  a 
  warm, 
  sunny 
  

   position, 
  and 
  will 
  furnish 
  plants 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  

   set 
  out 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  to 
  remain, 
  in 
  the 
  fol- 
  

  

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