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Show Proper Care of Hedges. If you have a privet hedge which Is showing tlie effects of age you can reuew it by cutting It back hard. Tills Beems like drastic treatment, but now wood will soon begin to grow, and within three years your hedge will be ns fine us ever. You can cut It back to within a foot of the ground without doing any hurm, but as soon ns It begins be-gins to grow ngnln It ought to huo a good dressing of well-rotted .inure or n liberal application of pulverized sheep manure, dug Into the ground. Many peoplo let their privet hedges grow too tall for best elTccts. They look most attractive when about three feet high, especially if they are kept well trimmed so that they always have a symmetrical appearance. |