224 GARDEN PLANNING 



it will exclude even the "harmless (?), neces- 

 sary cat." 



Of evergreens, hemlock, box and arbor-vitae 

 are all admirable, but slow in growth. The 

 hardy orange (Citrus trifoliata) makes a dense, 

 impenetrable hedge and is evergreen in the 

 South but sheds its leaves in the North. 



There is no reason why we should not make 

 hedges of many of the beautiful flov/ering 

 shrubs, save only the question of cost. Lilac, 

 ribes, deutzia, snowberry, philadelphus, med- 

 lar, diervilla, flowering quince, rose, sweet- 

 brier, blackthorn, viburnum, elder, berberis, 

 althea, and spirea are all suitable and attrac- 

 tive subjects, and in the light, warm soils in 

 the South fuchsia and hydrangea may be 

 added to the list. I see no objection to a mixed 

 hedge, in which several of the above subjects 

 are associated together. There are pictur- 

 esque possibilities in such a hedge that are 

 worth exploiting. 



Sweetbrier makes a charming hedge and 

 stands exposure well,3but it is unsuited to town 

 gardens, where its viscous foliage would collect 

 and retain the sooty constituents of the atmos- 

 phere. In planting a hedge the ground should 



