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wire fence may be four feet high. The roses should be 

 rooted cuttings, and may be planted at first, even eight feet 

 apart, and by layering and training the bottom shoots, if 

 the ground is kept in good order, in three years they will 

 repel every intruder. It is better, where plants are abun- 

 dant, to set them out four feet apart. This hedge requires 

 less pruning than any other to keep it impenetrable. Af- 

 ter the posts and slats have decayed, the bank it- 

 self, grown over with roses, will repel all intrusion. The 

 roses should be set at about the original level of the 

 ground, and not at the top of the bank. My own hedge 

 of Macartney rose, when three years old, trained on a 

 common fence of rails and paling, formed a barrier per- 

 fectly secure, and very ornamental. I see but one objec- 

 tion to it. It is in summer always in blossom, and there- 

 fore attracts all the bees in the neighborhood. In my 

 fruit-garden I have thought that the injury done to peaches 

 and grapes by wasps and bees has been much greater since 

 the hedge has grown up than before. It is a fine bee 

 plant. In a more northern climate the sweetbrier might 

 answer as a tolerable substitute. 



The American Holly makes an efficient and beautiful 

 hedge, but is slow of growth and very hard to transplant. 

 It can, however, be safely planted by selecting a mild, 

 cloudy day the last of February, or early in March, cut- 

 ting off the top as directed above by Mr. Nelson for the 

 Osage Orange, and exposing the roots meanwhile to the 

 air as little as possible. Thousands of yards can be 

 thus planted with little loss. 



For an ornamental hedge about a cemetery lot or else- 

 where, the Irish Tew and the Tree Box are decidedly the 

 best plants that can be used. The narrow-leaved variety 

 of Tree Box grows naturally, just the right shape, and 

 needs very little trimming after tw T o or three years. The 

 Yew likes shade. 



The Japan Quince planted by the side of a common 



