HEDGE PLANTS 



THE v^alue 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 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 impene- 

 trable wall. As screens to unsightly objects and as wind-breaks for exposed places, there is nothing better. 

 De::iduous hedges grow 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 useftil 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 are 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 



3, 4. Double Balsam Fir (Abies F"raseri), page 

 6. 



5, 6. Evergreen Azalea (Azalea amoena), page 



21. 



1, 6. Common Tree Box (Buxus scmpervirens), 

 page 22. 



6. Dwarf Box Bush (Buxus suffruticosa)* 

 page 23. 



* 6. Douglas Dwarf Golden Juniper (Juni- 



perus canadensis, var. aurea), page 8. 

 3, 4. Douglas Spruce (Pseudptsuga Douglasi), 

 page 13. 



3, 4. White Spruce (Picea alba), page 9. 



1, 3, 4. Norway Spruce (Picea excelsa), page 10- 



3, 4. White Pine (Pinus strobus), page 13. 



3, 4. Scotch Pine (Pinus sylvestris), page 13. 



1, 3. Green Retinospora (Rctinospora plum- 



osa), page 15. 

 1, 3. Golden Retinospora (Retinospora plum- 



osa, var. aurea), page 15. 

 1, 3. Silver Retinospora (Retinospora squar- 



rosa, var. Veitchii)-, page 15. 

 1, 3, 4. American Arborvitae (Thuya occidentalis), 



page 17. 



1, 6. Compact Arborvitae (Thuya compacta), 

 page 17. 



1, 6. Globe Arborvitae (Thuya globosa), page 

 19. 



1, 6. Hovey's Golden Arborvitae (Thuya 



Hoveyi), page 19. 

 1, 3, 4. Pyramidal Arborvitae (Thuya pyrami- 



dalis), page 20. 

 1, 3. 4. Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), page 20. 



Deciduous Hedge Plants 



3. European Cork Maple (Acer campestris), 



page 28. 



3. Japan Maple (Acer polymorphum), page 



30. 



1, 2, 6. Japanese Barberry (Berberis Thunber- 



gii), page 48. 

 1,2. Common Barberry (Berberis vulgaris), 

 page 48. 



2, 3. American Hornbeam (Carpinus Ameri- 



cana), page 32. 



2, 3, 4. European Hornbeam (Carpinus Betula), 



page 32. 



1, 2, 5. English Hawthorn (Crataegus oxy- 



cantha), page 51. 



3, 5. Deutzias, in variety, page 52. 



2, 5. Silver Thorn (Eleagnus parviflora), page 



54. 



2. 3, 4. European Beech. (Fagus sylvatica), page 



34. 



3, 5. Althea (Hibiscus), in variety, page 55. 



5. Hydrangea paniculata, var. grandifiora, 



page 56. 



Privet, all the varieties make splendid 



hedges. See Ligustrum, page 57. 

 1, 3. California Privet (Ligustrum ovali- 



foHum) is the best, page 57. 

 3, 4. Lombardy Poplar (Populus nigra, var. 



fastigiata), page 40. 

 3. Weeping Willows (Salix elegantissima), 



page 42. 



3. Laurel Leaved Willow (Salix pentandra), 



page 42. 



5. Lilacs, in variety (Syringa), page 64. 



5. Japan Snowball (Viburnum plicatum), 



page 66. 



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