94 c^FFD .CATALOGUE of L.L. 1\/r AAT^ CO., ST. PAUL, MINN. 
Seedsmen, Fhrisis, Nurserymen 
'Northern GriKun" Seeds Are Best 
May's Hedges— A Practical, Lasting Boundary 
FOR marking 
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BUCKTHORN 
Directions for Planting 
FOR a thick, compact hedge, the plant should be placed in a double, alternating 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. 
EVERGREB HEDGES trimmed or left to their oncn devices are always symmetrical and 
equally effective, summer or winter, in addition to which their pungent, spicy fra- 
grance is very pleasinir. The hedge enhances the beauty of its surroundings two-fold. 
MAY'S Rosa Rugosa 
AjAPAN-ESE ROSE forming a Jttmlv bush 4 to 5 feet hlnh. The foliage is large, dark, 
glossy, and impervious to attacks of all insects. The flowers arc borne in terminal 
clusters of 10 to 20 each, 3 inches in diameter, and are followed by scarlet berries dunuK 
the autumn and winter months. It is perfectly hardy and a splendid hedge plant. 
The colors are beautiful. The flowers are large and full. Its beautiful toliage alone 
should recommend it as an ornamental flowering shrub. For a flowering hedge it 
should eventualiv take front rank. The fraerancc of the flowers is spicy and delightful. 
This beautiful race of roses was first introduced by Commodore Perry from japan. 
An illustration of Rosa Rugosa will he found on page 07 of this catalogue which shows 
the effectiveness of this species of rose used in the capacity in which wc state that it 
cannot be excelled— as a flowering shrub. U 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 efTcct. 2 year strong, one hundred for $15.00, 
d ar 
lines of a city 
lot, a nicely 
trimmed hedge 
is preferable to 
a fence, regard- 
less of how elab- 
orate it may be, 
while a drive 
outlined by low 
growing Bar- 
berry Thunber- 
gii. loses all its 
stiflness, taking 
on graceful con- 
tours. 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- 
thfirn Is very ef- 
fective and it 
forms a beauti- 
ful background, 
against which 
bright colors of 
gardens stand 
out brilliantly. 
A hedge is a 
very practical 
thing; it is a 
fence that will 
gro%v much bel- 
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 hcdee will serve and its artistic 
eff'cct is not the least of iis attractions. 
MAY'S All-the-Year Hedges 
THE ROSA RUGOSA is exceptionally beautiful, its wild roses 
blooming from June to September, and is of full, bushy, 
compact growth. Cornus Siberica is beautiful all the year 
through on account of its crimson canes, which are brilliant in 
the winter. And Golden F.lder gives a bright note to any land- 
scape Topping a stone wal! 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 P2. 
RUSSIAN OLIVE 
