Cost depends almost en- 
tirely upon the size of plant 
used—never plant an inferior 
kind of hedge, rather plant 
small and wait an extra year. 







The 15-18 in. 
plants at left 
grew into the 
hedge above. 

The Story of a Yew Hedge 


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The photos tell it: The 15-18 inch plants 
at the left were set 11% feet apart in rich, 
drained soil. The first three years the faces of 
the hedge only were clipped, so that the 
ay PRICE 
m4 KINDS OF Size fourth year the side branches touched and 
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fe HEDGES (Inches)it lame 250 the tops were 4 feet high. It was then cut 
co or or A f 
0 own to 3 feet. 
a0 more more ; 
One year later the hedge was solid every- 
EVERGREENS where, a handsome part of the garden. Each 
Aihoushy June thereafter the top and sides were 
transplants (each) pruned, letting an inch or two of new growth 
1% Tsuga (Hemlock) | 12-15 in. | $ .60|$ .45 stay on. (You have to let a hedge keep grow- 
1% Thuja (Arborvitae) | 12-18 in. .90 10 ing a little every year.) The large photo was 
1% Taxus Vermeulen he in, ae 1.00 taken in its eighth year, a perfect hedge nearly 
1” capitata -15 in. ; .80 teehran 
1% Hicksi {2:15 intl (25.(4/ Oe eee . | 
Y,2 Buxus suffruticosa 6- 8 in. The .10 No other plant than the Upright Yew is so 
trouble-free and handsome a hedge. You can 
DECIDUOUS start this fall with exactly the same bushy 
1 — Berberis Thunbergi | 12-15 in. 920 0g pruned, twice-transplanted little trees. No 
3. Osage Orange 18-24 in. 06| .03% better can be grown—outstanding bargains: 
1 Privet, amur 18-24 in. ay .09 
1 California 18-24 in. 08 Taxus Capitata (10) (25) (100) (1000) 
1 Ibolium 18-24 in. 15 10 9 to 12 in. $29.50 $ 80.00 $700.00 
2 Rhamnus cathartica 18-24 in. 18 12 12 ton Sin: 25.00 95.00 800.00 
15 to 18 in. $18.00. 39.50  195)00G see 

