ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
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HEDGES. 
The idea of planting hedges for use and ornament, and screens for the protection of orchards, 
farms and gardens, is a practical one, and rapidly becoming appreciated. 
They serve not only as protection against the ferce winds, but there is much less trouble 
from the blowing off of the fruit. Some writers tell us that the temperature is warmer in the vi- 
cinity of evergreens. However this may be, we know that our gardens are earlier and our fruits 
ripen better when protected by such screens. Nothing can be more beautiful than ornamental 
Hedges of Evergreens, or shrubs, well kept and pruned to serve as boundary lines between neigh- 
bors, or as divisions between the lawn and garden, or to hide unsightly places. By using medium 
sized plants a hedge can be made as cheeply as a good board fence can be built, and then with a lit- 
tle care, it is becoming every year more and more “a thing of beauty.” We all know that such 
hedges continue a principal attraction in our best kept places. 
To secure a good hedge it is necessary to plant well. Dig a deep, wide trench, and work the 
soil thoroughly about the roots. Press the ground firmly, and mulch heavily for a distance of 
two or more feet on either side, according to the size of the plants. This is especially necessary 
with evergreens, and all exposure of the roots to the sun and air must be strictly avoided. 
Evergreens should be pruned in the spring just before they commence growing. Summer 
pruning or shearing may be practiced on the Arbor Vitaes, Cedars, etc. 
EVERGREENS FOR HEDGES AND SCREENS. 
Arbor Vitro (American). This plant is one of the finest of all Evergreens for screens. It is very 
hardy and easily transplanted. It grows rapidly and with little care, or rather by easy man- 
agement. It soon forms a most beautiful hedge, dense and perfectly impervious to the 
sight. Even in three or four years very handsome and close hedges can be produced. 
Siberian. This variety is admirably adapted for hedges. It is richer in color and more compact 
in growth than the American; very hardy. 
Hovey’s. This is a very bright color; almost golden; very hardy and beautiful. 
Tom Til limb (Dwarf). Makes exceedingly pretty borders where it succeeds. 
Box (Dwarf). This plant is used extensively to form edgings for borders where it succeeds. 
Hemlock. Extremely fine and rich colored when once started. 
Norway Spruce. Forms a beautiful and desirable screen or shelter, where a rapid and high growth 
is required, as for sheltering from cold winds, planting on the borders of grounds and planta- 
tions of fruit trees, etc. With careful pruning it can be kept low and in good shape and thus 
makes a highly ornamental hedge. 
For shelters and screens in orchards and other places, we recommend the Norway Spruce, 
Scotch, Austrian and White Pines. 
DECIDUOUS HEDGE. 
Honey Locust. Very hardy and desirable for the North. 
Osage Orange. Highly esteemed at the West and South; not hardy enough for the Northern States. 
Japan (Quince. Unquestionably a fine plant for an ornamental hedge. Grows very compactly, 
will submit to any amount of pruning, while the brilliant and showy scarlet flowers make it 
exceedingly attractive. 
Privet. Plant four inches apart and keep cut back well after the first year; when trained well is 
one of the most ornamental hedges for lawns and cemeteries. 
The following are also very desirable for ornamental hedging, descriptions of which will be 
found under the proper headings in this catalogue. 
Purple Berberry, Boses, Altheas, Spiraeas, Tartarian Honeysuckle. 
HARDY CLIMBING AND TRAILING SHRUBS. 
AMPELOPSIS ( Veitchii ). Japan Creeper (Boston Ivy). Foliage smaller than those of the American 
and more dense, forming a sheet of green. The plant is a little tender while young and 
should be protected the first winter. When once established it grows rapidly and clings 
to a wall or fence with the tenacity of ivy. The foliage while handsome in summer 
changes to a crimson scarlet in autumn and is very beautiful for covering walls, stumps of 
trees, rockeries, etc., and for ornamentation of brick and stone structures it has no equal- 
