HEDGE PLANTS. 
rivdgi of Calitornia Privet. 
UEDGES are valuable as a defence against animals, as windbreaks to yirot'^ct orchards, gar- 
' dens or farms unduly exposed, and as ornamental fences or screens to mark the boundaries 
of a lawn or cemetery lot. 
Hedges for Defense. 
Honey Locust. For turning cattle and 
as a farm hedge. Honey Locust is much the 
best. It is of vigorous growth, perfectly har- 
dy ; thrives with ordinary care, and is suf- 
ficiently thorny to be impenetrable. It bears 
the shears well. 
Plant 9 to 12 inches apart, or a very dense 
hed^e for defense or ornament (^an be made by 
planting in two rows, about 9 inches apart and 
setting the T*lauts in tlie rows alternately. 
lost their lower branches may be renovated b^ 
cutting down to within 6 to 10 inches of the 
ground in the spring, before growth begins, 
when numerous new strong shoots will come 
out from the stubs, and soon a new and well- 
formed hedge will result. 
Qu.'nce, Japan. [See description undel 
Ornamental Shrubs.] 
American Arborvitae and Norway 
Spruce, described under Evergreens, are de 
sirable for this use. 
Hedges as an Ornamental Fence or Low Screen, 
for Lawn or Cemetery. 
California Privet (Ligustrum ovalifolimn). 
Hardy. A free, compact grower in most all 
manner of soils. Bears shearing well. Valu- 
able and handsome for hedge. Should be se- 
verely headed-in at planting, to make it throw 
up numerous shoots attheba.se. Without .such 
shoots at the base a good hedge cannot be 
made. Old hedges of this species that have 
Hedges for Windb' ;aks, or High Screens. 
Norway Spruce is best. Its vigorous hab, 
it, rapid, dense growth, large size and entira 
hardiness, are characteristics not easily ob- 
tained in any other evergreen. Yor descrip- 
tion, see under Evergreens. 
American Arborvitae comes next. 
Helts of Pines are al.so useful as a protec- 
tion. For descriptions, see under Evergreens. 
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