FORMAL HEDGES 
May l)e secured by the use of the following plants, whicli will endure the 
necessary trimming to produce the formal shapes : EVERGREENS— 
Picea excelsa, Thuya occidentalis and var. pyramidalis and Tsuga Cana- 
densis. DECIDUOUS — Ligustrum ovalifolium and vulgare, Berberis vul- 
garis atid var. purpurea are the most satisfactory shrubs to use for a 
hedge that is to be shaped by pruning. 
DEFENSIVE HEDGES 
May be secured by the use of Osage Orange or Honey Locust, both sus- 
ceptible of close and formal priming. The Osage, however, should not be 
planted in or near Dayton, as its affinity for the .San Jose scale, for which 
it is a splendid host, is well known. ( Irnameutal hedges may be made 
effectively defensive by a few strands of wire drawn through them. 
INFORMAL HEDGES 
Tliis style of hedge is always attractive. W'hen a dense, compact 
barrier is not necessary, almost any species of shrubs may be used. A 
row of open-growing flowering shrubs, such as the Hydrangea, will of 
course only approach the hedge idea, but when there is ample room both 
for the develojmient of such plants and also for the perspective, they 
may be used. 1 lowever, the following are the most suitable for informal 
hedge work, reiiuiring no pruning e.scept an occasional stray branch : 
Berberis Thunbergi, Deutzia gracilis and Lemoinei, var. compacta, Kerria 
Japonica and var. variegata, Ligustrum Ibota and var. Regelianum, Loni- 
cera, Mahonia aquifolium, Philadelphus coronarius, var. nanus, Lemoinei 
and var. avalanche. Spiraea opulifolia, prunifolia and Van Houttei, Sym- 
phoricarpus vulgaris. Viburnum opulus, var. nanus. 
We omit Cydonia Japonica (Ja[)an Ouince) from the list for the rea.son 
that the planting of this species should be discouraged in all scale-in- 
fested districts. 
The vines most suitable for hedge effects on constructed supports are : 
Akebia quinata, Ampelopsis tricuspidata and quinquefolia. Clematis panicu- 
lata. Lonicera Japonica, var. reticulata, var. Chinensis, var. Halliana, Peri- 
ploca Grseca, Rosa rugosa and Crimson Rambler. 
The supports should be suited to the requirement of the particular 
species of vines used. We are prepared to supply and erect suitable 
supports of this nature. 
The Tree and Dwarf Box of the old colonial gardens are not satisfac- 
tory in Dayton, and are not recommended. However, with care, 
patience and protection against the winter’s sun rather than its cold, a 
fair measure of success may be attained. 
