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spacing of a foot between the rows, and fifteen inches 
between the plants, should be allowed. 
Practically the same rules as govern the planting 
of deciduous hedges apply to evergreen hedges, except 
in the cutting back and the spacing. Seedlings of Hem- 
lock, Norway Spruce, and Arborvitae, from twenty to 
twenty-four inches high should be set about a foot apart, 
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and the larger plants, from two to four feet high, that 
have been transplanted, should be set from eighteen to 
twenty-four inches apart according to their bushiness. 
Evergreens must never be cut back, and only a light 
shearing or pruning is necessary to make them uniform, 
May is the best month to plant evergreen hedges. 
Cape Ann as a Tourist’s Haven 
A Morning Ramble Through Country Lanes, Woods and Meadows 
BY” W. 
oy OUR previous walks we have noticed that the va- 
riety of natural beauty on Cape Ann is great. ‘There 
is rugged coast, wind-swept moor, deep-rutted lanes, cool 
woods, running brooks and streams winding through marsh 
and meadow, and there are quaint streets shaded by beau- 
tiful elms. And it is possible in a few hours’ time to see 
and explore every variety of this beauty. 
Today we will do so, and will start from the Head- 
lands in Rockport. Here is the rugged coast against 
which the sea may either chafe or pound as its mood may 
be. Although we have visited this charming spot before, it 
is well worth revisiting, not once, not twice; each suc- 
ceeding visit endears the place to us. 
Today the presence of many summer homes detracts 
from the appearance of wind-swept moor, yet but a few 
years ago the Headlands were as rugged a moor as one 
could wish. Bees drew their honey from the wild roses, 
butterflies floated on the sea breezes and seemed to be 
nourished only by them; kine clipped short the grasses 
which were permitted to grow between the ledges, and 
mankind, seeking a resting place leaned his head against 
a rock and was sung to sleep by the sea. But man is 
LESTER 
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never satisfied with nature as she is. With grub-hoe he 
rips up the bushes, with dynamite he blasts the rocks and 
in their places he makes a lawn. Thus have the Head- 
lands suffered, save only a small plot at the northern 
end. Here there is enough ot nature left to give a very 
good picture of what the original moor was. 
Near the Headlands is an old town road leading 
from South street to the Old Garden Beach. We fol- 
low this road through natural hedges of ivy and wild roses 
and in a few moments a picture motif such as Carot 
would have chosen is before us. Tall silvery willows and 
through them trees and houses hazy in the sunlight. But 
this is not the only picture motif, for at every turn of 
the head one may see that nature has been very lavish 
here. Across the broad fields we see here and there 
smoke from chimneys of houses nestled among the trees. 
We reach the street and walking southward come to 
another lane leading to fields and woods beyond. At our 
left as we enter the lane is an old farm house, with its 
barns and sheds near-by. Is it because the past always 
seems to have been a golden age that we associate with 
these weather-stained, rusty, musty-looking old buildings 
CAPE ANN AS THE CAMERA SEES IT 
A GLOUCESTER FISHERMAN 
AND HIS NETS 
