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GROWS WHERE GRASS WILL NOT 



For covering mounds or rockeries the ^gopodium Poda- 

 graria Variegatum, otherwise known as Variegated Goutweed, is 

 very suitable, especially in dry places, as it will grow where grass 

 will not. It makes a dense carpet of mingled green and white 

 foliage, and flowers in white umbels in June. Also good for 

 edging. 



Other good perennial plants suitable for a ground-cover are, 

 Anemone, Phlox subulata, Veronica, Rupestris, Sedum Sexangu- 

 lare and Cerastium tomentosum. A number of vines are also 

 suitable, especially Hedera, known as the English Ivy, but this 

 will require some protection in the North. In shady places the 

 Japan Honeysuckle makes a good mat. In sunny places, the wild 

 roses, like Rosa Lucida and Rosa Carolina, make very pretty 

 effects. Under trees, where the shade is too dense to grow grass, 

 the Lily-of-the-Valley or the Myrtle may be used. 



Plate 73. Gi'ows where Grass will not. 



THUYA OCCIDENTALIS HEDGE 

 (American Arbor Vitas) 



This is another method of forming hedges, with the top 

 billowed or undulated. To obtain results shown in the illustra- 

 tion, the best plant to use is Thuya Occidentalis in two parallel 

 rows, two feet apart and 18 inches apart in the rows. If Privet 

 is used, three parallel rows are required, one foot apart each way. 



The American Arbor Vitas grows faster than any other Ever- 

 green hedge for the first three or four years, after which its 

 growth diminishes from year to year. It is very desirable on this 

 account, as immediate effects are obtained and in after-years the 

 hedge can be controlled more easily than any other evergreen 

 hedge. It can be pruned very close to each previous year's 

 pruning without showing any stubby effect, something which is 

 not the case with a Spruce hedge. It has a tendency to fill up 

 nicely, and if planted two feet high it is very pretty right from 

 the start, and it eventually makes our best hedge either for orna- 

 ment or a windbreak. 



Plate 74. Thuya Occidentalis Hedge (American Arbor Vitje) 



