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A Mulberry hedge at the home of Mr. 
Joe Hahn. It has been a very pretty hedge 
for 10 years, and in that time whenever 
the hedge became too tall, Joe cut it back 
and had a fresh, young hedge in record 
time. 
. Due to the rapid growth 
Chinese Elm of the seedlings, and 
their response to shearing, a quick hedge 
can he grown from 12 to 18-inch Chinese 
Elm seedlings, see page 28. Particularly 
for hedging on the larger lawns of farm 
properties. Plant 6 or 8 inches apart in 
the row, cut the seedlings back to 6 inches 
from the ground right after planting to en- 
courage a low branch system. Shear the 
new growth once or twice through the 
summer, and cut the hedge back every 
spring, allowing only 4 to 6 inches of 
growth to remain on the hedge from one 
vear to the next. y 
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= 7 Amongst 
Amur River Privet 377.037 Sheages, 
Amur River Privet stands far out in the 
lead. Its extreme hardiness is only one of 
the advantages Amur River Privet offers; 
a clean, healthy, shining green foliage, a 
dense growth that responds wonderfully to 
shearing are also found in this Privet. I 
recommend planting either in a single row 
6 to 8 inches apart, or in a double row for 
a very broad hedge, the rows 8 to 10 inches 
apart, the plants in the rows 8 inches 
apart, and standing alternately. Right aft- 
er planting cut them back to within a few 
inches from the ground to make the hedge 
bush out low. Shear twice during the sum- 
‘mer to even up the new growth. I have 
well rooted plants, the best for hedges. 
Postpaid: 10 25= 100 
42-18 inch nice plants....$1.55 $3.75 $12.00 
48-24 inch heavy plants.. 2.00 4.50 16.40 
Planting and Care of Hedges 
garden-spade is usually just right. 



Prepaid: 
Russian Mulberry (327.3 
sheared from the beginning like 
the Privet or Chinese Elm, the 
° Russian Mulberry makes a very 
*> pretty sheared hedge. The spac- 
ing of the plants for a hedge of 
not over 4 feet high should be 
about 8 inches apart in the row. 
And for a very wide hedge two 
rows can be planted, the rows 10 
' inches apart, the plants in each 
j row 10 inches apart, and arranged 
| alternately. This is a stout, hardy 
hedge, responding well to shear- 
| ing, by branching very freely and 
becoming dense. 



25 100 300 
6-12 Inch plants.......... $0.80 $2.90 $8.00 
12-18 inch plants. ........- 41.10 3.90 9.90 
= Will make 
Barberry, Thunbergi }"", 7efty 
hedge up to 18 to 24 inches in height. Keep- 
ing its neat shining green foliage through- 
out the summer in perfect condition, chang- 
ing to a showy red in fall. Densely 
branched, can be grown in sheared form or 
without shearing in natural shape. For 
shearing plant 8 inches apart, for natural 
growth 12 inches apart in the row. 12-inch 
hedging size, 10 for $1.75; 25 for $3.65; 100 
for $13.50; prepaid. 


For low enclosures the Bar- 
berry is one of the best, but 
Privets can also be kept to 
18-inch height, as this photo 
shows. 
Simplest method of planting is in a trench 
10S tome 
Set the plants in about 1-inch deeper than grown be- 
inches deep, and the width of a 
fore in the nursery, and before completely filling the trench with soil, apply plenty of 
water. 
all plants in line. 
planting. 
any height. 
Summer shearing is to shape up the new growth to even height and sides. 
Finish filling when the water is soaked away, which still makes it possible to put 
Shear the tops down to about 4 inches from the ground, right after 
This produces a low, dense growth. Shear the new growth in midsummer to 
Shear again early the following spring to 8 or 10 inches from the ground. 
Spring shear- 
ing builds the hedge up gradually, and produces the dense growth needed for good ap- 
pearance. Flowerlng hedges need not be sheared. 

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