HEDGES 
Dig a trench from 15 to 18 inches wide 
and about as deep for most sizes of hedge 
plants. For a thick sheared hedge plant from 
9 to 12 inches apart. For a screen to grow 
natural and not sheared, the same hedge 
plants should be placed IV 2 feet apart. 
Keep hedge sheared back frequently and it 
will branch out and become thick. 
Best varieties for tall sheared hedges, or 
tall natural screens — 
Buckthorn, Caragana, Tartarian Honey¬ 
suckle, Russian Olive, Purple Lilac. 
Best varieties for medium sized, sheared 
hedges, or natural screens — 
Cotoneaster, Spirea Vanhoutii, Red Dog¬ 
wood, Hansa Rugosa Roses. 
Best varieties for low, sheared hedges, or 
natural screens — 
Japanese Barberry, Alpine Currant, Spirea 
Frobelii. 
SHADE AND ORNAMENTAL TREES 
Follow directions in pruning the same as 
fruit trees, except that you will want more 
height where limbs start on most shade trees. 
Lombardy Poplars and Bolleana leave all 
limbs from the ground up, simply cutting 
about Vj off of each one and watching your 
distribution of the limbs around the tree so 
that they will be evenly placed. 
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