96 SEED CATALOGUE of L. L. AT \'\T ^ CO., ST. PAUL, MINN. 
''Northern Grozvn" Seeds Are Best 
Seedsmen, Florists, Nurserymen 
May's Hedges — A Practical, Lasting Boundary 
BUCKTHORN 
Directions for Planting 
FOR a thick, compact hedge, ihe plant should be placed in a double, alternaling row 
about 8 inches or i foot apart. When first set out they should be pruned back 
severely to insure an even, strong, bottom growth, and make a good foundation. 
EVERGREE HEDGES trimmed or left to their own dexn^es are always symmetrical and 
equally efTeciive, summer or winter, in addition to which their pungent, spicy fra- 
grance is very pleasing. The hedge enhances the beauty of its surroundings two-fold. 
MAY'S Rosa Rugosa 
A JAPANESE ROSE forming a sturdy bush 4 to 5 feet high. Tlie foliage is large, dark, 
glossy, and impervious to attacks of all insects. The flowers are borne in terminal 
clusters of 10 to 20 each, 3 inches in diameter, and arc followed by scarlet berries during 
the autumn and winter months. It is perfectly hardy and a splendid hedge plant. 
Tne colors are beautiful. The flowers are large and full. Its beautiful foliage alone 
should recommend it as an ornamental flowering shrub. For a flowering hedge it 
should eventually take front rank. The fragrance of the flowers is spicy and delightful. 
I'his beautiful race of roses was first introduced by Commodore Perry from japan. 
An il'uftration of Rosa Rugosa will be found on page 97 of this catalogue which shows 
the effectiveness of this species of rose used in tlie capacity in which we stale that it 
cannot be excelled — as a flowering shrub. It serves to make awkward angles attrac- 
tive and helps to beautify where others of the shrubs used for hedges do not seem to 
create the desired effect. 2 year strong, one hundred for $15.00. 
FOR marking 
boundary 
lines of a city 
lot, a nicely 
trimmed hedge 
\i- preferable to 
a fence, regard- 
less of how elab- 
orate it may be, 
while a drive 
outlined by low 
growing B a r- 
!>erry Thunber- 
L'ii, loses all its 
iiff"ness. taking 
on graceful con- 
lours. Used for 
screening off 
unsightly 
parts of the 
premises or se- 
curing seclusion 
to a back yard, 
or garden, a 
high growing 
hedge of Buck- 
thorn is very ef- 
fective and it 
forms a beauti- 
ful background, 
against which 
bright colors of 
gardens stand 
out brilliantly. 
.\ hedge is a 
very i^ractical 
thing; it is a 
fence that will 
grow much bet- 
ter with age, 
and _ by using 
medium sized 
plants it may 
be installed as 
cheaply as the most common board fence. On the farm the 
barnyard may be screened off by high growing Evergreens and 
the orchard cut off by a low growing shrub hedge that keeps out 
marauders and leaves the view unbroken. In almost any situa- 
tion where a fence is necessary a hedge will serve and its artistic 
effect is not the least of its attractions. 
MAY'S All-the-Year Hedges 
rild 
■iiitij ul, its wil< 
and is of full, bushy. 
THE ROSA RUGOSA iV exceptionally, beantij 
blooming from June to September, 
compact growth. Corhus Siberica is beai'tiful all the year 
through on account of its crimson canes, which are brilliant in 
the winter. And Golden F.Ider gives a bright note to any land- 
scape. 'I'opping a stone wall on a terrace or bounding a formal 
garden, the quaintly trimmed hedge lends a note of elegance 
not obtainable in any other way. 
FOR Arbor Vitae and Norway Spruce Hedges refer to General 
List of Evergreens on page Q4. 
RUSSIAN OLIVE 
GORNUS SIBERICA 
