SPECIAL AND IMPORT PRICES FOR SPRING OF 1903 
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Hedged Garden of Hardy Plants (From English "Country Life") 
ORNAMENTAL HEDGES 
Hedges can be used to advantage on all suburban and country places, large or small. Where protection against cattle is not needed a 
well-kept hedge is far more beautiful than the most costly wall or fence. At Newport the most beautiful summer resort in America, hedges 
are very popular and are used more than both walls and fences. I have made arrangements for supplying all the best varieties of hedge plants 
at extremely low prices. 
TRIMMED HEDGES Perl00 
CRAT/ECUS Oxyacantha (English Hawthorn). This is the 
thorn that is used all over England for field and farm hedges. 
It is very attractive, being covered with white, sweet-scented 
flowers in the spring, and bright scarlet berries in the fall 
and winter. Nice plants, 24 to 48 inches high.$12 00 
Pyracantha Lalandl (Improved Evergreen Thorn). I think 
the most beautiful hedge I ever saw in America is one of 
this thorn, on the grounds of Mr. Winthrop, at Newport, 
R. I. The foliage is dense and of a beautiful glossy green, 
which turns in the winter to a rich bronze. In the fall and 
winter this thorn is covered with small bright scarlet berries, 
which make it extremely attractive. Nice stocky plants. . . 15 00 
HEMLOCK SPRUCE. This undoubtedly makes the most 
beautiful evergreen hedge that can be grown in this cli¬ 
mate. It is perfectly hardy, a fine rich green in color, which 
color it retains all through the winter, and no matter how 
hard it is trimmed, the peculiar feathery appearance of its 
young growth always gives it a graceful appearance. Plant 
18 to 24 inches apart. Nice young plants, 8 to 15 in., high. 15 00 
12 to 18 inches. 20 00 
18 to 24 inches, twice transplanted.-. 30 00 
MAHONIA Aq ulfolium. This, which is oneof the most beauti¬ 
ful evergreen shrubs, makes a splendid hedge. It is covered 
with showy yellow flowers in the spring, but its greatest 
beauty is its foliage, which is fine at all seasons of the year, 
but especially so in the fall and winter, when it turns to the 
finest bronze and crimson. It is especially desirable as a 
trimmed or untrrmmed hedge. Plant 18 inches apart. I 
offer a splendid stock of plants, 12 to 18 inches high, at less 
than it can be bought for at wholesale . 12 00 
PRIVET, California. This is the most popular hedge plant 
in this country, which is explained by its handsome appear¬ 
ance, rapid growth and low price. A fine hedge, five feet 
high, can be made with it in three seasons if planted in deep, 
rich soil. It should be planted in single rows, 8 to 10 inches 
apart, or alternated in double rows, and the plants set 1 G to 
18 inches apart in each row, and the rows 0 inches apart. 
1 year, 12 to 15 inches. .'1 00 
2 to 2 % feet. fi 00 
2 % to If feet. 8 00 
3 to 4 feet. 10 00 
Common. Makes a good hedge and will stand in extreme 
northern states where California Privet is not hardy. G 00 
UNTRIMMED HEDGES 
Untrimmed hedges are allowed to grow naturally without pruning, 
and as a rule are not suitable for planting on the boundaries of 
grounds, but can be used for enclosing flower or vegetable gardens, 
on the edge of terraces and along roads and walks. Sometimes they 
can be used to conceal unsightly but necessary fences. p er 100 
ALTH/EA (Rose of Sharon). These make a desirable flower¬ 
ing hedge; blooms in August. They should be cut back 
to keep them compact. Nice young piants, seedlings.$10 00 
Best Named Varieties. Strong plants. 13 00 
BERBERIS Thunbergii (.Japanese Barberry). Oneof themost 
beautiful shrubs in cultivation, either for hedging or gen¬ 
eral purposes. It is of a neat, compact growth and never need 
be touched with the shears. The foliage is beautiful at all 
times, and in the fall turns to a most brilliant crimson color, 
but its most attractive feature is its fruit. The plant is 
literally covered with bright scarlet berries all the fall and 
winter. It never grows over about three feet high. If a low 
hedge is desired, it can be used for a boundary one. It is fine 
for the edge of a terrace and along roads and walks; as it is 
quite thorny, boys and cattle will leave it alone. Plant 15 to 
18 inches apart.small plants, $(>; large plants, 13 00 
CORCHORIS Japo nlca variegata. This makes one of the 
daintiest little hedges imaginable. The growth is slender 
and graceful, the foliage is of fine form and variegated, and 
after the leaves drop in the fall the twigs are a bright 
green color, which makes it attractive all winter . 10 00 
KALMIA latlfolla (Mountain Laurel). This splendid native 
evergreen shrub makes a beautiful and unique hedge. It 
would be worth growing for its fine evergreen foliage 
alone, but when it is in bloom in June, nothing in the world 
makes a finer floral display. Nice transplanted plants, 0 to 
12 inches. 15 00 
LILACS. The common Purple and White Lilacs make a desir¬ 
able flowering hedge, but of course a very tall one. I can 
supply both colors, nice plaids, 1 to 2 feet high. 8 00 
ROSE, Crimson Rambler. This remarkably fine climbing 
Rose makes a superb hedge if planted in a row, and cut 
back early every spring to about three feet high. 20 00’ 
Sweetbrler. The popular Sweetbrier makes an attractive 
hedge and is desirable for planting along a fence. 8 AO- 
Mad. Plantier. This well-known hardy white Rose makes 
a fine hedge, and when in bloom in .June nothing can be 
more atttactive........ 18 00- 
