Show f as or HAD STAT STALL E amu HEDGES FOIL I oil PLACE PLiA Cli by P F F rockwell horticultural editor farm fireside there Is hardly a place of u any size in town or in the country which is not made both more attractive and more valuable by a good hedge it Is like the frame to a picture A place may hawe have good trees aim beautiful flowers and all ali that but without a hedge it does not loul 1001 finished but it is not in loo loos s alone that it a good hedge pays it is also a protection tec tion it saves the lawn and gardens from anlin animals als two legged anu otherwise arid and its very presencia presen pre senci cf glies gives the grounds more privacy and gets them more respect from tin till passerby passer by it is an interesting fact also that thai wherever he rever you find a hedge you aie I 1 utmost almost always sure to ad well kept kepi thel grounds the reason is that the hedge makes a boundary line which the lawn is pretty petty sure to be kept mowed and the plants attended to whereas it if the farm fields all am tile tiie barn yard just run up to the house without any definite stopping Il foint this is not the case casc decide what kind of a tedge ledge you want cant before you buy your plants there are many types or hedges As to which will best answer houi own requirements depenis twill noth upon ur personal taste and on the kind ot of a place you have it your bousi Is in town or in the suburbs you will want a trim neat hedge or exact lines that will be in keeping with its more or less formal surroundings for a place of larger size or on the farm it may be more Cesi desirable rable to have a hedge that may bo be allowed to 10 grow a little more at will and which will not require so much care in the way of pruning then also there is tile the type or 01 hedge which serves also as a windbreak usually such a hedge is taller but it may be just ns BS beautiful as any low growing heige hedge some 01 0 the tha most beautiful hedges I 1 have ovir ovi r seen were formea a or ne spruce or arbor vitt ariy as of which as a single specimen mases a good ade tree then again there are places where you want a hedge whai i will be real protection to keep out our trespassers children and animals then are several plants which make at ai attractive hedge and which are not noi likely to be broken through by an anything which walks or crawls man alan double purpose hedges ot of this chat acter are just as beautiful as am others the rahe most host popular of all hedge plums plants without a doubt tho the well known Cali tornal privet has been used tor for more hedges than anything else in the country its rapid growth freedom from insects and disease and ana the tact fact that it can be cr amed an anu sheared to any size or shape mantea bantel or allowed to grow without any pruning at all where heights la is not 0 ot accounts for its great popularity it makes a snow lug ing oven even the first season it Is planted the solo sole drawback there has been to california privet us the idea hedge plant Is the tact fact that in very cold climates it occasionally winter kills this however not deter anybody who wants a privet heddi because there are several perfect hardy varieties which can be planted in its stead amoor river niver norbit and reacts are all ah splendid tor hedge pt purposes reposes rp oses pr vet is a little more open in growth and not quite so good tor for shearing as the others tut ut just as satisfactory as the others if you do not want a closely trimmed formal hedge kine fine hedge for tile the E north where winters are exceptionally severe as in some of our northwestern and extreme northern states a new plant from chins the cotoneaster cotoneaster acutI folla makes a rapid growth and a hedge that Is not unlike the privet in appearance pe arance but capable of withstanding uninjured ehg the most extreme Neat weather ller 9 v the japanese barberry Is also extremely hardy and males a mob incisi attractive hedge where it is a not c essential to form one high enough adough to assure privacy the low dense bushes give effect effective ivo protection against small animals anima ta and t tha e red jer erries ries which are barred through lie winter months add to its charm charin the good old lilac A lilac hedge frilay lie a old fash aal blied but where aa screen Is wanted ranted there are aliu min einings g s better belter belg er it Is extremely hardy and it here is anything more nan a lilac hedge in fit bloom f dont mow inow where to look kor t and incidentally do you know the new lilacs it if not you have a treat in achre ito afi try a lew few even ii if you don t t et at out a whole hedge or them for an iron ironclad clad hedge that will adeep things out and which will re quire luire little or no lie protection on your vart u use 1 se one of the rugged roses or hybrids these roses throw up stout succors 0 a that in a few years a dense and very formidable ledge hedge is formed rho rhe foliage is blight and insect proof and tile the dowers are followed by big scarlet may be ived ined in ed for hedges but bui will vill give a suggestion at 11 least loi almost ilu any condition you may have to 10 meet tile the important tiling liling Is to plan now to set out a hedge this pring ilace wm ue a mark marked lor its beauty by everyone who passes by |