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THE BARNES BROS. NURSERY CO., YALESVILLE, CONN. 
WISTARIA. Chinese Purple. Hardy climber with racemes of pale purple flowers. 
CHINESE WHITE. Differing from above only in color, being pure white. 
WISTERIA MULTIJUGA. White and purple. This bears racemes of flowers two to three 
feet in length. 
BERBERRY THUNBERGII 
We have growing in our nurseries a large stock of this beautiful, graceful plant very 
desirable for hedges or for grouping. The crimson berries remain on throughout the winter 
giving a bright coloring to the winter landscape. 
HEDGE PLANTS 
Hedges are valuable as a defence against animals, as windbreaks to protect orchards, 
gardens or farms unduly exposed, and as ornamental fences or screens to mark the bounda- 
ries of a lawn or cemetary lot. . 
The usefulness of suitable hedges for both ornament and defense is now everywhere 
appreciated. To secure a good hedge it is necessary to plant well. Dig a wide, deep trench 
and work the soil thoroughly into the roots. Stamp the ground firmly so that each plant 
will be set solidly as a post, then mulch heavily with loose strawy manure for a distance of 
from one to two feet on each side, according to the size of the plants. This precaution is 
especially necessary with Evergreens. 
EVERGREEN HEDGE PLANTS. American Arbor Vitae, Norway Spruce, Hemlock apd 
Pines are used for hedges. See description of each under Evergreens. 
CALIFORNIA PRIVET. This is the most glossy leaved and rapid growing of all the half- 
evergreen plants used for low hedges around private lawns and is the universal favorite at 
Newport and other fashionable seaside resorts. The plant has light green stems and white 
flowers in June. Transplants easily, -grows in almost any soil and location, even where 
quite shaded, and can be trimmed to any desired form. 
BARBERRY THUNBERGII. A comparatively new shrub of low growing habit, seldom 
over four feet, unrivalled for beauty. Foliage a bright green until autumn, when it changes 
to brilliant tints of crimson and yellow. The conspicuous crimson berries remain on 
throughout the winter giving a very pleasing effect. 
JAPAN QUINCE, SPIREAS, LILACS, and other shrubs are used effectively as hedges. 
Franklin Co., Mass., June 12, 1908. 
Gentlemen : 
The nursery stock you sent me was fine. 
A. P. NOYES. 
