April, 1912 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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or two. A healthy stem will sprout along 
its whole length the following season, and 
the gap is soon fully furnished. The stem 
should be cut close to the ground, so that 
when laid over it may lie on the ground. 
If the bark is notched at the places where 
it touches the ground it will send out roots 
at those parts, and so support the new 
growth. If it does not lie on the ground 
this cannot occur, and also small dogs, 
pigs, etc., may be able to creep under it. 
Where the gap is too wide for this, a cor¬ 
responding bush may be trimmed and cut 
at the other side of the gap, and laid in the 
opposite direction. If the two laid stems 
overlap, so much the better. If the gap is 
too wide to be stopped in this way, it will 
be necessary to replant it. In this event it 
must be remembered that the soil is prob¬ 
ably more or less exhausted. The old 
bushes did not die out without a cause. 
Also the ground is probably full of the side 
roots of the neighborhood bushes. For this 
reason it will be necessary to cultivate the 
gap, as for a new hedge, take out all old 
stumps and roots and put in a sufficient 
dressing of manure. It is then ready for 
planting. The next step is to see to the 
roots of the hedge. All hedges on the side 
of a ditch are apt to get their roots stripped 
through the falling away of the earth from 
one cause or another. This has the effect 
of starving the hedge, allowing the wind 
to sway the bushes and filling the ditch. 
If there are rabbits or rats in the bottom of 
the hedge, these must be banished first. 
Then the side of the ditch under the hedge 
must be prepared to have the soil returned. 
If the soil is simply shovelled up and 
thrown up among the roots of the hedge, it 
will soon slip down again if there has not 
been a proper preparation. 
Where there has not been an extraordi¬ 
nary loss of earth this preparation will con¬ 
sist in making a ledge about one foot be¬ 
low the base of the hedge, by cutting a 
notch about three inches deep along the 
face of the bank. Where there has been 
much fall it will be necessary to build up 
a ledge from below. Long, tough sods, a 
couple of feet long, nine inches broad and 
four inches thick, are then to be laid edge¬ 
ways on the ledge, grassy side out, and 
beaten firmly to the bank with the back of 
a spade. If these sods are cut with slop¬ 
ing ends instead of square ones the neigh¬ 
boring sods will overlap and soon knit to¬ 
gether. As the grass grows the roots will 
penetrate the bank, making the whole 
secure. After these sods are beaten in, a 
second layer of sods, six inches broad and 
four inches thick, is laid on the top of the 
first, extending backwards towards the 
roots of the hedge. This layer is to be put 
grassy side down, so as not to choke the 
hedge. The ditch is then shovelled out. 
and the earth thrown on top of the sods 
and worked in among the stumps of the 
hedge. 
Cowdem Avenue, Meinpliis, Tenn. Consh ueled vviih larvia X. 
Memphis’ Ebcperience withTarvia 
M emphis, Tenn., is making 
a striking advance in local im¬ 
provements and is conduct¬ 
ing its public works in a thorough¬ 
going and scientific spirit. 
Its new macadam is no longer 
built in the old-fashioned way with 
the prospect of quick deterioration, 
but is bonded flrndy with Tarvia 
against automobile 
it 
to preserve 
traffic. 
Mr. George 
Commissioner 
follows: 
C. Love, IMemphis 
of Streets, writes as 
Gentlemen: — During the season of Iflin the City of Mempliis let oontraets for fourteen 
miles of tar macadam pavement, and during the season of 1911 we let contractsforeight 
miles of tar macadam pavement. 
In the above work, Tarvia X was used as binder material almost exclusively in the 
two-gallon treatment. The streets as a whole are very satisfactory and we expect to 
do a great deal more during 1912 . In .addition to the above work, the City laid with their 
own forces about 20,090 sq. yards of tar macadam with <a 1% gallon treatment using 
Tarvia X. The property owners who pay the front foot assessment seem to be very 
much pleased with this form of construction. 
There are three kinds of Tarvia: **Tarvia-X'’ used in road construction 
as above, Tarvia-A” for surface work and Tarvia-B"’ for dust suppression. 
Illustrated Booklet regarding the treatments mailed on I'cqucsl. 
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