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Hedge  Plants 
The  value  of  hedges  in  ornamental  planting  is  realized.  The  beauty  of  living  plants  is  greatly  to 
be  preferred  to  the  stiff  and  measured  lines  of  fences.  Annual  trimming  and  occasional  weedings  and 
cultivation  are  all  the  care  that  established  hedges  require,  and  with  age  they  increase  in  density  and 
beauty,  instead  of  rotting  away  with  time.  Evergreen  hedges,  fresh  and  green  at  all  seasons,  retain 
their  beauty  and  serve  the  purpose  for  which  they  are  intended,  even  in  winter.  They  should  be  trimmed 
either  in  May  or  August  and  may  be  kept  at  any  desired  height.  They  increase  in  density  and  branch 
out  at  the  ground,  making  a  thick,  almost  impenetrable  wall.  As  screens  to  unsightly  objects  and  as 
windbreaks  for  exposed  places,  there  is  nothing  better.  Deciduous  hedges  grow  more  rapidly  and  are 
less  expensive.  They  require  the  same  care,  and  should  usually  be  trimmed  in  winter.  The  flowering 
hedges  are  most  showy  with  their  long  lines  of  bloom,  and  the  thorny  plants  serve  best  for  defensive 
purposes. 
Below  we  attempt  to  classify  the  uses  for  which  hedges  are  generally  put,  and  give  each  classifica- 
tion a  number,  then,  in  the  list  of  hedging  plants  that  follows,  the  different  varieties  are  preceded  by 
numerals  that  indicate  the  classification  that  they  may  be  suitably  used  in.  For  instance,  all  varieties 
preceded  by  the  numeral  1  are  good  plants  for  ordinary  he.iges.  Some  varieties  are  useful  under 
several  classifications. 
1,  Ordinary  Hedges,  such  as  property  boundaries.  Usually  of  medium  height  and  dense,  thick  habit. 
2,  Defensive  Hedges.  Used  as  fences  to  keep  trespassers  off  and  to  turn  stock.  Plants  with  thorns 
usually  preferred. 
3,  Screens.  Used  to  hide  objectionable  objects,  clothes-yards,  kitchen  doors,  etc. 
4,  Windbre.\ks.  Usel  to  shelter  vegetable  gardens  and  shut  out  the  wind  from  other  places.  Evergreens 
almost  always  used  for  these  purposes. 
5,  Flowering  Hedges.  Almost  all  the  flowering  shrubs  are  suited  for  this  purpose  ;  we  name  only  the 
best. 
6,  Edging.  Low  hedges  to  edge  walks  with,  to  border  cemetery  lots  and  similar  places. 
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