HARRISON'S NURSERIES, BERLIN, MP. 



dig a trench 2 feet wide and i foot deep. Don't throw the 

 dirt out — just mix it thoroughly. A horse and harrow or 

 cultivator are the best tools. When you have a fine bed of 

 soil, plow a trench in the middle, and set the plants in dry 

 soil. The roots should be "mudded" as soon as you unpack 

 them, and if you do not plant at once, they should be coated 

 with mud again just before you plant. Water, if you can, 

 after planting. A good heavy rain will do this for you. Where 

 it is not practicable to use a horse, or dig much before plant- 

 ing, use light charges of dynamite placed i8 inches deep, to 

 loosen the soil; and then, when planting, merely take out a 

 shovelful of ground where you want each plant to go. Always 

 mulch 6 inches deep with cut-grass, corncobs, or buckwheat 

 hulls right after planting and watering. You can water twice 

 a week and fertilize half a dozen times a season with good 

 results. But if you do not care to do this, give your hedge 

 a little trimming, and let it take care of itself. 



BARBERRY, THUNBERG'S 



This is a most useful plant, and should be used more often 

 than it is for hedges, clumps, borders and low thicket-screens. 

 Naturally, the plants grow very even and fairly fast. We 

 usually see Barberry about 2 feet high, but it will get to be 5 

 feet high and 6 feet broad in six or eight years when untrimmed. 

 It is very thorny and pretty strong, and will make a real 

 fence, even for a pasture. 



It is the thickest, densest shrub that grows. The slender 

 branches are always curved and shoot out and down, in every 

 direction. In September, October and November the leaves 

 turn red, and all winter the bushes hang full of the brightest 

 of red berries. Because of this winter brilliance, many people 

 prefer Barberry to privet for hedges. It should be not allowed 

 to replace privet, but ought to be planted where it is the most 

 suitable on account of its thickness, its graceful form, and 

 red berries and leaves. 



Barberry is absolutely hardy. You need not fear that it 

 will winter-kill at all. It will stand trimming, but does not 

 need it even for wonderfully fine hedges, unless your space 

 is very small. On account of the dense and horizontal- 

 growing branches, the plants make a thick hedge when as 

 far as 3 feet apart. Half this distance, however, is better. 



BOXWOOD 



This is naturally a large, strong shrub, of very dense 

 growth. Old Boxwood bushes look like piles of leaves. When 

 you part the branches you find the inside just as thick as 

 the outside, and even a brighter green. You can clip the 

 bushes into almost any shape imaginable. The little plants 

 can be made into hedges not more than 6 inches high; or, of 

 course, any larger size. 



SHRUBS 



Too often country people and those in small towns think 

 of shrubs as useless ornaments, and do not plant them about 

 their homes. But this class of home planting is beautiful in 

 its dense leafiness, still more beautiful in its countless flowers, 

 and the varying sizes of the plants make them suitable for 

 planting in every yard or lawn. We list only a few of the 

 most valuable varieties of shrubs, and suggest that you make 

 use of them for the following purposes: 



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