

A 4-foot hedge, as it looks 6 years after planting above. 
SPECIAL OFFERS FOR HEDGES 
KINDS OF 
HEDGES 
All bushy, transplants 
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Hedge of Taxus capitata 15 to 18 inches xxx photographed 
same day it was set. 
Size 
(Inches) 


EVERGREENS 
Tsuga (Hemlock) 
Thuja (Arborvitae) 
Taxus Kelseyi 
Taxus capitata 
Taxus Hicksi 
Taxus nana 
Buxus suffruticosa 
Laurocerasus (hardy) 
DECIDUOUS 
Berberis Thunbergi 
Berberis erecta (Truhedge).. 
A hedge of Norway Spruce—informally clipped. 

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Foundation Planting 
Proper planting is not a great, clipped. 
mass of greenery masking a house face— 
it is merely a low group of green dwarts: 
to tie the house down to the lawn. Large- 
growing kinds in ten years become so 
unsightly they must be replaced or arti- 
ficially clipped. True dwarf kinds remain 
for generations growing in beauty every 
year. True, dwarfs are improved in den- 
sity and shape by pruning—but that is 
not clipping. It consists in cutting out 
whole branches that grow too vigorously. 
The cut is inside and hidden. 
Spacing for dwarfs should be about 3 feet to a 
plant. At the start, small plants will look 
“skimpy” but in five years or so will have filled 
out, to fill the area. To plant closer means tak- 
ing out every second one after five years. 

The above sketch shows the general effect of a 
proper planting. It is not intended for exact 
copying, but if anyone desires we offer one each 
of the four plants sketched, packed, for $16.00. 
(2 sets, one each side of door, $30.00.) Reading 
from left to right they are (with size offered): 
Taxus cusp. nana, 15 to 18 inches........ B&B 
juniper «Plitzer, 18 to%24 inches... B&B 
Pirtmistmugqhus, 12 toebo inchesz.c c= B&B 
Taxmisvcapitaid, 2-to svicetay Seu B&B 
In the shade, we suggest Rhododendrons as of- 
fered (Size 3) at the bottom of page 45. The 
Yews (Taxus) are the only satisfactory conifers 
in the shade, and go well with Rhododendrons. 
DWARF EVERGREENS 
Suitable for foundations 


CONIFERS 
Low, Spreading Dwarfs 
Juniperus horizontalis 
Jun. comm. depressa 
Taxus bacc. repandens 
Taxus cuspidata nana 
Tsuga Sargenti 
Narrow, Upright Dwarfs 
Jun. excelsa stricta 
Juniperus hibernica 
Picea canad. conica 
Taxus columnaris 
Taxus media Hicksi 
Tsuga compacta 
Bushy Dwaris 
Chamaecyparis nana 
Juniperus Pfitzeri 
Juniperus Sabina 
Juniperus Meyeri 
Picea excelsa Maxwelli 
Picea excelsa nidiformis 
Picea excelsa pymaea 
Pinus Mughus 
Thuja occid. globosa 
Thuja, Little Gem 
Taxus Vermeulen 
Taxus media Kelseyi 
BROADLEAFS 
Low, Spreading Dwarfs 
Buxus Koreana 
Cotoneaster horizont. 
Daphne cneorum 
Erica carnea 
Ilex convexa 
Small, Bushy Dwarfs 
Azalea amoena 
Azalea hinodigiri 
Berberis verruculosa 
Pieris floribunda 
Large, Bushy Dwarfs 
Azalea ledifolia 
Berberis julianae 
Ilex crenata 
Laurocerasus 
Leucothoe 
Pieris japonica 
Kalmia latifolia 
Rhododendron 
Carolina 
Catawbiense 
