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Glenwood  Nurseries  «  MOON'S       HEDGE  PTANTS 
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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  sea- 
sons, retain  their  beauty  and  serve  the  purpose  for  which  they  are  intended,  even  in  Winter.  They  may 
be  kept  at  any  desired  height  by  trimming,  which  should  be  attended  to  just  as  the  new  growth  is  starting, 
usually  about  May  1st.  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  noth- 
ing 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  classify  the  uses  for  which  hedges  are  generally  put,  and  give  each  classification  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  i  are  good  plants  for  ordinary  hedges.  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.  Windbreaks.    Used  to  shelter  vegetable  gardens  and  shut  out  the  wind  from  other  places.  Ever- 
greens 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. 
Evergreen  Hedge  Plants 
Evergreen  Azalea  (Azalea  amoena),  page 
16. 
Common  Tree  Box  (Buxus  sempervirens), 
page  16. 
Dwarf  Box  Bush  (Buxus  suffruticosa), 
page  16. 
Douglas  Dwarf  Golden  Juniper  (Juni- 
perus  canadensis,  var.  aurea),  page  5. 
White  Spruce  (Picea  alba),  page  6. 
Norway  Spruce  (Picea  excelsa),  page  7. 
White  Pine  (Pinus  strobus),  page  9. 
Scotch  Pine  (Pinus  sylvestris),  page  10. 
Green  Retinospora  (Retinospora  plu- 
mosa),  page  11. 
Golden  Retinospora  (Retinospora  plu- 
mosa,  var.  aurea),  page  11. 
Silver  Retinospora  (Retinospora  squar- 
rosa,  var.  Veitchii),  page  12. 
American  Arborvitae  (Thuya  occiden- 
talis),  page  13. 
Compact  Arborvitae  (Thuya  compacta), 
page  14. 
Globe  Arborvitae  (Thuya  globosa),  page 
14. 
3,  4.  Pyramidal    Arborvitae  (Thuya  pyrami- 
dalis),  page  14. 
3,  4.  Hemlock  (Tsuga  canadensis),  page  15. 
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Deciduous  Hedge  Plants 
4. 
3,4, 
4, 
4. 
3. 
3. 
3,  4 
6. 
6. 
2,  6. 
2. 
3. 
3,  4. 
5. 
5. 
3,  4. 
5. 
3. 
3,  4, 
4. 
3. 
5. 
5. 
European  Cork  Maple  (Acer  campes- 
tris),  page  22. 
Japanese  Barberry  (Berberis  Thun- 
bergii),  page  40. 
Common  Barberry  (Berberis  vulgaris), 
page  40. 
American  Hornbeam  (Carpinus  Ameri- 
cana), page  25. 
European  Hornbeam  (Carpinus  Bet- 
ula),  page  25. 
Deutzias,  in  variety,  page  43. 
Silver    Thorn    (Eleagnus  parviflora), 
page  45. 
European  Beech  (Fagus  sylvatica), 
page  27. 
Althea  (Hibiscus),  in  variety,  page  46. 
Hydrangea  paniculata,  var.  grandi- 
flora,  page  48. 
Ibota  Privet  (Ligustrum  Ibota),  page  49. 
Regel's  Privet  (Ligustrum  Ibota,  var. 
Regelianum),  page  49. 
California  Privet  (Ligustrum  ovalifo- 
lium),  page  49. 
Lombardy  Poplar  (Populus  nigra,  var. 
fastigata),  page  32. 
Buckthorn  (Rhamnus  catharticus), 
page  52. 
Japanese  Rose  (Rosa  rugosa),  page  62. 
Weeping  Willows  (Salix  elegantissima), 
page  35. 
Spirea,  in  variety,  page  54. 
Japan  Snowball  (Viburnum  plicatum), 
page  59. 
