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HEDGES. 
Protection from wind and ex¬ 
posure is necessary to good gar¬ 
dens. A living wall of green is the 
most natural w^ay of providing this. 
Evergreens provide it winter as 
well as summer. 
Hedges must be allowed to grow, 
even if only an inch a year. Starv¬ 
ing it to keep it small is no answer, 
it results only in a sickly row of 
bushes. Fertilize, get a good 
growth, then shear or prune it 
back. The finest hedges start 
small, usually feet apart. 
of HEMLOCK 
Hemlock hedges (Tsuga canadensis) 
when properly sheared give a fine, even, 
smooth dark green surface unlike any 
other hedge. The plant thrives in soils 
ranging from ordinary to damp, and 
from full sun to full shade, hence is 
easy to grow. 
The effect of wind on single, isolated speci¬ 
mens of Hemlock is to burn the needles but 
planted in hedges this effect is no longer so 
important, since the plants protect each other. 
Set plants iVz feet apart, and plan for a hedge 
about 8 ft. high and 5 ft. wide in 20 years. 
It is a fast grower, and two or three inches a 
year may be permitted to remain of the growth 
even after it is sheared to shape. The first few 
years the hedge can grow a foot a year before 
first pruning and shaping. 
Special Hedge grade (lOO) (looo) 
12 to 15 in.$ 33.00 $290.00 
2 to 3 ft. (nice). 95.00 800.00 
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of JAPANESE YEW 
TREE FORM Japanese Yew (Taxus Cuspidata) is sometimes 
called “Capitata”. It is undoubtedly the best hedge plant for 
north-eastern America. It responds to shearing with a dense 
even textured surface. It grows fairly rapidly the first few years 
and then slows down to a yearly growth which permits it to be 
kept easily around 6 to 8 feet high and 3 to 4 feet wide. It grows 
in any known soil, (best in humus) stands drought fairly well, or 
flood rather better. Needles do not suffer in severe winds as far 
north as Zone III. 
Set hedges about iVz feet apart in a single row, and preferable 1 to 2 
feet in height at planting. Allow to grow for two or three years, when they 
will have added about 18 inches height, then prune to shape and thereafter 
allow not over four and not less than one inch yearly. 
SPECIAL PRICES 
Upright .lapanese Yew for Hedges. 
8 
to 
10 
in. 
(100) 
XX. . .$40.00 
(1000) 
$325.00 
10 
to 
15 
in. 
XX.. 
. 55.00 
425.00 
15 
to 
18 
in. 
XXX 
. 90.00 
800.00 
30 
to 
36 
in. 
B&B. 
.250.00 
NOTE:—E.xpress cost is small on 
these—about 10%. You pay it 
on arrival. 
SPREADING YEW — A coarse, open 
bush, makes wide, low hedge. 
DWARF YEW—Low and spreading, but 
nice close texture and very slow, so 
that it can be kept to 1 foot height for 
years, as is Box Edging. 
HICKS’ YEW—Upright branches make 
possible a 6 foot hedge only two feet 
wide. 
VERMEULEN YEW—Upright too, but 
denser, darker foliage and more na¬ 
turally pyramidal shape. This is the 
best. 
KELSEY YEW —Dwarf, makes hedge 
5 ft. high by 4 ft. wide. And covered 
with berries in fall. 
(See page 24 for prices, etc.) 
of OTHER SHRUBS and TREES 
Deciduous Evergreen 
Barberry—(See page 15). Space 1 foot 
apart. Grows about 3 ft. high, 2 ft. 
wide. 
(100) (1000) 
12 to 18 in. X bushy.$18.00 $140.00 
Columnberry (page 15)—the same but 
narrower—say 1 foot wide. 
Privet (page 14)—if you must uee this, 
we suggest Ibolium, which is at least 
hardy, grows 5 feet high and 3 feet 
wide approx. Fast. Space 8 inches. 
2 to 3 ft. branched.$12.00 $ 90.00 
Osage Orange (page 14)—coarse, quick 
and thorny. For farms. 'Space 3 feet. 
18 to 24 in.$ 4.00 $ 18.00 
Buckthorn (Rhainnus) (See page 14) — 
Space 1% ft. Quick. Grows to 8 feet. 
2 to 3 ft.$ 7.50 $ 60.00 
Hawthorn (page 28)—quick, thorny, grows 
about 8 ft. high, 5 wide. Space 2 feet. 
12 to 18 in.$10.00 $ 60.00 
Chinese Elm (page 30)—Very fast, prunes 
to a bushy thicket about 15 ft. high by 
7 feet wide. Space 2 feet apart in row. 
2 to 3 ft.$ 7.00 $ 30.00 
Lombardy Poplar (page 30)—Rapid screen 
to 25 feet. Space 2 feet. 
2 to 3 ft.$ 6.00 $ 40.00 
Pine and Spruce Screen 
On hilltops or other exposed places, 
sometimes nothing keeps the wind away 
but a screen of tall evergreen trees. 
Spruce, see page 23, Pine page 22. 
Arborvitae (See page 18)—Prune, don’t 
shear. For the north. Space iVz ft. 
Grows say 6 ft. (2 wide). 
Cypress (See page 19)—Like above but 
for the south. Same height, etc. 
Boxwood Edging (See page 10)—Very 
slow, so that small plants can be kept 
1 foot high for decades. Space 6 in. 
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