Hardy 
HEDGE PLANTS 
Japanese Barberry. 
Japanese 
BARBERRY 
Makes a beautiful rounded thorny 
hedge, hardy in the extreme and sue- 
ceeding everywhere. May be trimmed 
for a lower hedge. The tiny bright 
green leaves turn red in autumn and the 
red berries hang on well into the winter. 
Spirea Van Houtte. 
Alpine Currant. 
Alpine 
CURRANT 
Ideal for a formal hedge 
of medium height. Dark 
green, glossy foliage, turning 
to bronzy shades in autumn. 
Does well in shade or sun. 
Also a useful plant for the 
shrub border in combination 
with other shrubs. 
BUCKTHORN 
Very dependable for 
hedging; can be kept 
trimmed as low as 2 feet 
or allowed to grow tall 
to serve as a screen. 
CHINESE 
HEDQEWOOD 
(Dwarf Ulmus Pumila) 
Extremely hardy and 
drought resistant. Beauti' 
ful foliage appearing ear' 
ly in spring and remain' 
ing late in fall. Well 
adapted to trimming to 
form a dense, compact 
wall of any size or shape 
desired. A new hedge 
material, but rapidly be' 
coming popular. 
Chinese Hedgewood. 
Russian 
OLIVE 
Russian Olive. A hiie tall shrub for back¬ 
ground use or as a high 
screen. The distinctive gray-green foliage makes a fine 
contrast with shrubs or trees of the usual green color. 
Useful for the ends or corners of a tall 
mixed shrubby hedge or border. 
SPIREA 
Van Houtte 
The most beautiful of 
all flowering hedges. Nat¬ 
urally a fairly tall, broad, 
graceful hedge. It may be 
clipped severely for more 
formal uses. Small bright 
green leaves and a gor¬ 
geous display of spring 
flowers. 
