THE GREEN FRAME OF THE GARDEN—SHRUBS 29 
Can you imagine a low hedge of Polyantha Roses (La Marne, Gold - 
en Salmon, Edith Cavel, or Kirsten Poulson) all of whose beauty 
of tint changes with the season but whose bloom is constant? 
For a less formal hedge, not to be trimmed to even line, but to 
be cut back severely is the Crape Myrtle, making a lovely border 
with Verbenas, or some low-growing ground-cover. Crab apples are 
native to most of the United States and are not difficult of culti¬ 
vation, yet what could be more effective than a hedge of these 
exquisite deep pink to white clusters of fragrant blossoms? Abelia, 
with its glossy, deep-green leaves, evergreen in most portions of the 
Southwest, and capable of severe pruning, is glorious hedge and 
border material, covered all summer with flowers in form and 
fragrance like the Northern Trailing Arbutus. These shrubs should 
be pruned to four or five canes every four or five years, similar to 
Rose pruning. Mahonia Aquifolium, or Berberis nervosa (Oregon 
grape), though of slow growth, makes a thick mass of holly-like 
leaves that take the most exquisite coloring in fall and winter, 
sprays of which make beautiful house bouquets for a month or 
more, if the water is changed and the stems cut as with greenhouse 
blooms. 
Crataegus* (or Hawthorn) is also available for hedges, many 
varieties being native to the Southwest. Cydonia or Pyrus japo- 
nica* (Flowering Quince), which blooms early, makes a splendid 
hedge, but in trimming, to preserve flowers, leave last year’s wood. 
Citrus trifoliata,* (poncirus trifoliata), makes an impenetrable 
barrier, beautiful in spring with its fragrant white blossoms, to be 
followed in autumn with small decorative yellow orange-like fruits; 
and, during the winter months, the green branches and stems are 
not devoid of beauty. 
birds, of which they are partaken by more than twenty species. Also, when in bloom, 
swarms of butterflies are attracted by their fragrance and color. The name "Chaparral” is 
given (locally) without discrimination to the following quite different plants . . . Rham- 
nus Caroliniana; Zizyphus obtusifolia; Agarita; Algerita; Berberis trifoliolata; Lippia 
lycioides, or Bee brush; Castela nicholsonii, Goatbush, or “Amargosa;” and Acacia greggii, 
Catsclaw or Devil’s Claws.”—R. A. Gilliam, Dallas. 
Low 
Informal 
Native 
Hedges 
* Native. 
