OF THE GARDEN... 
Hedges Must Eat 
Starving a hedge usually results in a sickly and 
diseased row of bushes. Fertilize if you want a 
good hedge. It makes "em grow, and you have to 
prune all the more, but you have a nice hedge. 
Start Small 
Experts agree that perfect hedges should be started 
from one to two feet high—or smaller. 
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A hedge of Norway Spruce—informally clipped. 
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Hedge of Taxus capitata 15 to 18 inches xxx photographed 
same day it was set. 

A 4-foot hedge, as it looks 6 years after planting above. 








FOUNDATION PLANTING 
P ROPER PLANTING is not a great, clipped mass of green- 
ery masking a house face—it is merely a low group of 
green dwarfs to tie the house down to the lawn. Large-growing 
kinds in ten years become so unsightly they must be replaced 
or artificially clipped. True dwarf kinds remain for generations 
growing in beauty every year. True, dwarfs are improved in 
density and shape by pruning—but that is not clipping. It con- 
sists 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 
taking 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 $13.00. 
(2 sets, one each side of door, $25.00.) Reading from left to 
right they are (with size offered): 
Taxus cusp. nana, 9 to 12 inches B&B 
Juniper Pfitzer, 12 to 15 inches B&B 
Pinus mughus, 12 to 15 inches B&B 
Taxus capitata, 18 to 24 inches B&B 
In the shade, we suggest Rhododendrons as offered (Size 3) 
at the bottom of page 32. The Yews (Taxus) are the only 
satisfactory conifers in the shade, and go well with Rhodo- 
dendrons. 
DWARF EVERGREENS 
Suitable for foundations 
Low, Spreading Dwarfs 
Juniperus horizontalis 
Jun. comm. depressa 
Taxus bass. repandens 
Taxus cuspidata nana 
Tsuga Sargenti 
Low, Spreading Dwarfs 
Buxus Koreana 
Cotoneaster horizont. 
Daphne cneorum 
Erica carnea 
Ilex convexa 
Narrow, Upright Dwarfs 
Jun. excelsa stricta 
Juniperus hibernica 
Small, Bushy Dwarfs 
Azalea amoena 
Azalea hindodigiri 
Berberis verruculosa 
Pieris floribunda 
Picea canad. conica 
Taxus columnaris 
Taxus media Hicksi 
Tsuga compacta Bushy Dwarfs 
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 
Large, Bushy Dwarfs 
Azalea ledifolia 
Berberis julianae 
Ilex crenata 
Laurocerasus 
Leucothoe 
Pieris japonica 
Kalmia latifolia 
Rhododendron 
Carolina 
Catawbiense 
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