PLANTS FOR HEDGES, SCREENS AND SHELTERS. 
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Box Dwarf. This plant is used considerabl}' to form edgings for borders. 
Price, 50 cents per r-ard. 
Cedar Red. In this Evergreen we have another very good subiect for hedges ; 
it will form a dense screen ; is easil)^ trimmed into an)^ desired shape, 
and bears shearing well. Price, i foot high, transplanted, 15 per 100. 
Hemlock—Extremely fine and rich-colored ■when once started. Price, i to 2 feet 
high, .fis per 100. 
Norway Spruce—Forms a beautiful and desirable screen, or shelter, where a 
rapid and high growth are required ; as for sheltering from cold winds, 
planting on the borders of grounds or plantations of fruit trees, etc. 
Price, I foot high, S15 per loo; 2 feet high, 1|!25 per 100. 
Juniper—Price, i foot high, $25 per 100. 
DECIDUOUS. 
Berberry— Purple-Licaveu. This plant, as well as the common sort, will, with¬ 
out doubt, make a very beautiful and effective hedge. It is very hardy, 
and thrives under all circumstances. Prices of plants—Purple-leaved 
sort, ijilis per 100. Common sort, fiio per 100. 
Hornbeam— English. A very hardy, small tree, of rigid growth; well adapted 
for hedges. The leaves hang to the branches until mid-winter. Price 
of plants, 2 to 3 3mars old, $12 per 100. 
Japan Quince— {Fyn/s japonica.) A plant of low, prickly growth, which with care 
forms a most beautiful and impenetrable hedge. In the Spring, when 
covered with its showy crimson flowers, it is a very ornamental object. 
Price, 2 years old, transplanted ffreo per 100. 
Osage Orange— A well-known plant, extensivel}' used at the West; forms in three 
3'ears a perfectly impenetrable hedge. Leaves veiy dark green and 
shining. Price, i year old, $10 per thousand. 
Honey Locust, or Tiiree-'i'iiorned /Vgaclv, {Glcditschia triacaat/ios.) One of the 
best plants for a strong and beautiful hedge. Price, .$5 per 100; fieo 
per 1000. 
Privet—Half Evergreen. An old hedge plant, with small, handsome foliage ; 
bears the shears well, and forms a perfect wall of verdure. 
Price — 2 years from cutting, $3 per 100; ^25 per 1000. 
I year “ “ 2 “ 15 
Spireas—The Spireais well adapted to form low, ornamental hedges; the foliage 
of all the varieties is dense, and in Spring the plants are literally cov¬ 
ered with blossoms. Price, ^15 per 100. 
Syringas—The Syringa is another good ornamental Spring-flowering hedge-plant. 
Flowers very fragrant, and resemble the Orange Blossom. Price, StS , 
per TOO. 
