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FOR GROWERS AND DEALERS IN NURSERY STOCK 
The National Nurseryman Publishing Co., Incorporated 
Vol. XXV. HATBORO, PENNA., SEPTEMBER 1917 
HEDGES 
“To hedge or not to hedge” is often a question that 
puzzles the owner of a new home and grounds that need 
planting, and incidentally the nurseryman is appealed to 
for advice. 
While it is often a matter of individual taste as to 
use has become largely a habit, or, like the mantles in 
steam-heated houses, become purely ornamental. 
There is something a little selfish about a hedge. I 
often recall as a boy in England the vain efforts to see 
the beautiful gardens either through or over them, but 
California Privet Hedge (Liguslrum ovalifolium) Showing remarkable results that can be obtained tnj shitted 
attention in tocalities that suit it. 
whether a hedge should be planted or not, it is always 
best to consider the hedge as a utilitarian feature rather 
than an ornamental one. In other words do not advise 
a hedge unless it has a purpose other than being orna¬ 
mental. 
Hedges were originally planted as barriers but their 
since groAving up I have also felt the need of a wall or 
hedge to protect the garden treasures. 
If a hedge is needed either to mark a boundary, for a 
screen or to separate one section of ground from another 
for a definite purpose, select a suitable one and have it 
as handsome as possible. It is better to be without a 
