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HERBACEOUS GARDEN 
spot, even inland, it makes an ideal hedge. 
Where left unpruned the flowers of palest pink 
are very graceful, flowering in fluffy plumes in 
September. The tamarisk roots freely from 
any little cutting just stuck into sand. It likes 
a light soil. 
Beech used as a hedge is handsome, winter 
and summer alike : in summer with its green 
leaves, in winter with its brown foliage hanging 
until the fresh leaves come. It needs clipping 
in early August to keep it thick and im- 
penetrable. Clipped lime makes a good hedge 
too, but here the leaves fall. When the hedge 
has been established a few years and kept 
clipped, it makes a dense and impenetrable 
screen in the winter even without leaves. 
Both lime and beech have to be planted in a 
double row of young trees for the hedge to look 
their best. 
What is known as a Sussex hedge is formed 
of beech and holly trees at intervals, two or 
three of each planted together, and is a pleasant 
piece of colouring in winter. The beech 
must always be clipped in summer if the leaves 
are to remain in winter, as it is only the 
youngest foliage that stays on. 
In planting yew hedges the ground should 
be taken out to a depth of 4 feet, and filled 
