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GARDEN GUIDE 



Ungaimy and displeasing. The grass is unkempt; 

 the shrubs in front are wild growths that have 

 sprung up of their own accord, yet the situation 

 is ideal for gardening 



not be emphasized, 

 but let us not fear 

 to put up some little 

 shrubbery to shield us 

 from the public gaze, 

 and let us enclose 

 parts of our own do- 

 main by a low hedge. 

 Formidable fences are 

 not advocated, but 

 pirvate areas bound- 

 ed by hedges are al- 

 ways interesting. 



Low hedges of 

 the graceful Ligus- 

 trum RegeUanum — — » 

 (Regel's Privet) are very handsome; or Berberis Thunbergii, with its 

 red berries and Fall coloring; or the Siberian Dogwood (Cornus alba 

 sibirica). For an evergreen hedge, nothing has been used more than 

 Box. This is not hardy in all parts of the North, and is a very slow 

 grower. For starting the hedge old plants may be broken apart and 

 set out. The Dwarf Japanese Yew (Taxus cuspidata var. brevifoha) 

 is very hardy but has hardly become known as yet in American gardens. 

 Ilex crenata microphylla can also be used. 



Taller hedges are best made of the Ibota (Ligustrum Ibota), 

 common Privet (Ligustrum vulgare), or the California Privet (Ligus- 

 trum ovalifoUum). The Cahfornia Privet is seen at its best in the 

 Eastern coastal states, from Maine south, and succeeds admirably 

 from the very edge of the beach up to ten miles inland, where it is one of 



the best materials to 

 use, but in many in- 

 land northern locali- 

 ties it freezes to the 

 ground every few 

 years so that the 

 character of the hedge 

 is destroyed. The 

 Golden Privet is very 

 bright and cheery, 

 but hard to buy. The 

 Buckthorn (Rhamnus 



Rough, neglected surroundings — no planting at- cathartica) is a USeful 

 tempted, no^awn. no shrubs, no^ flowers. How ^^^y^ 



