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proud of, and that attracts passers-by. It has cost 

 you less than a fence of wood, and only a little 

 more than one of wire, while you must subtract 

 from its cost the price of renewing the other kinds 

 of fence if you want to compare the three. You 

 can keep the Privet fence in good condition for an 

 indefinite number of years for less than $i a year. 



HOW TO GROW PERFECT HEDGES; 

 TO PLANT AND TRIM 



Live fences, such as this, can be kept at any size 

 you wish. We have seen them less than 6 inches 

 high and lo inches broad. They can be cut into 

 any shape desired. The odd shapes you sometimes 

 see can be produced as easily with Privet as with 

 anything else. This elaborate designing requires 

 more pruning than straight hedges, but once every 

 month is often enough, unless you wish to play 

 with the plants. The photograph shows some of 

 the effects that can be secured — arches, clumps, 

 globes, straight and curved hedges, round and 

 square columns and posts — in short, anything you 

 may fancy. 



The length of time required for a hedge to make 

 a good fence depends on the size plants you use, 

 and on the soil and treatment. With 1 8-inch 

 plants, which are very cheap, the first year you will 

 have merely a low line of stems. The second year 

 the barrier will take the shape of a fence. By the 

 third and fourth years your fence will turn stock. 

 By the end of the fifth year you can have it any 

 height you want, up to 8 or 9 feet, and as thick as 

 you please. 



You can plant Privet either in the spring or 

 fall. Spring usually is the more desirable, though 

 the best time is when you take the notion. A word 

 here about the cost: Many people, in small towns, 

 especially, will wait till an agent comes along and 

 will give him their order, just because he promises 

 to deliver the plants to them at the right time. 

 For this inducement they pay five to ten times 

 what we will supply the plants for. 



Look at our prices. We will deliver to you more 

 hedge for five dollars, or for ten dollars, or for a 

 hundred dollars, than you can buy for several 

 times these sums from any agent. Our plants are 

 the very best that can be grown. We absolutely 

 guarantee them in every way. Our methods of 

 growing, cultivating and training hedge plants 

 makes us absolutely sure of their quality and of 

 our safety in guaranteeing them. 



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