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Poughkeepsie Nursery Company 
MATERIALS FOR HEDGES 
The beauty of a hedge, after years of care and trimming, 
depends to a large extent upon the distance at which trees 
or shrubs are set. The amateur is often tempted to set plants 
too far apart, for the sake of economy. 
We quote here a paragraph from a report on “Hedges 
and their Uses," Bulletin 142, New Series, Dept, of Agricul¬ 
ture, Dominion of Canada, 1931. This report covers a more 
extensive experimentation with various hedge materials than 
has ever been conducted elsewhere. 
“Plants from one to three feet in height are the best in 
most cases, as, the smaller the plants, the easier it will 
be to have them well clothed with branches to the 
ground. A single row of plants is usually quite sufficient 
to make a good hedge. The plants should be set from 
fifteen to eighteen inches apart. While some trees might 
make more permanent hedges if planted at a greater 
distance than this, it is interesting to note that plants 
of some of the best tree hedges at the Central Experi¬ 
mental Farm, Ottawa, were planted eighteen inches 
apart forty years ago and are still in almost perfect 
condition,—two which might be mentioned being Canada 
Hemlock and White Pine. If one desires to save ex¬ 
pense plants may be set two feet or more apart with 
good results, but it takes a little longer to form a hedge 
at this distance and there is this disadvantage, that if 
a plant happens to die it leaves a very wide gap which 
will take some time to fill up satisfactorily again.” 
In line with this advice we have indicated below proper 
planting distances with each item. 
In many instances the following quantity prices for hedg¬ 
ing materials represent appreciable savings over specimen 
grades quoted in the body of the catalog. 
EVERGREEN TREES 
All B&B Planting 
Distance 
Size Inches 
Taxus cuspidata 
\y 2 to 2 ft. 
18 
2 to 2*4 ft. 
18 
to 20 
2J4 to 3 ft. 
20 
3 to 3 y* ft. 
20 
to 24 
Thuya occidentalis 
3 to 4 ft. 
15 
4 to 5 ft. 
15 
to 18 
5 to 6 ft. 
18 
to 20 
T. occ. wareana 
2 y* to 3 ft. 
20 
3 to 4 ft. 
20 
to 24 
Tsuga canadensis 
i y 2 to 2 ft. 
18 
2 to 2 ft. 
18 
2 y 2 to 3 ft. 
18 
to 20 
3 to 4 ft. 
24 
4 to 5 ft. 
30 
In quantities 
of 25 or more Description 
Plants, of 
Each Grade 
Japanese Yew , Upright type 
1.65 
2.50 
3.50 
4.00 
American Arborvitae 
1.00 light 
2.00 light 
3.00 
Siberian Arborvitae 
2.00 
2.50 
.90 
1.75 
2.00 
3.00 
3.50 
Hemlock 
