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Show WTIAT shall we have in the way of a hedge? This is one of the first questions ques-tions that the owner of a summer or all the year around place asks, and it is not so easy to answer as one might think. Instinctively one's mind runs to the wonderful hedges abroad, especially those of clipped holly, yew. beech and hornbeam, but one comes back to the practical question of what we can have here in the United States, with our variable vari-able climate and our liability to extremes of temperature. Also, we want our hedges in n hurry. Those we admire most ia England have survived the generations that planted them. We are not content to plant for future generations it is all we can do to restrain our impatience until next year. Too often if a hedge does not show immediate signs of becoming all that the hopes of the planter indulged in it is set down as a failure and uprooted. The most common plant used for hedges in this country is the privet, which has mnny good qualities, althoiich it is not particularly interesting. The California privet is not entirely hardy, and for cold climates the I.igustrnm Ibota is recommended as preferable. Kegel's privet is probably the liest of all. Not only is it hardy, but it is of a pendulous pen-dulous habit of growth and will thrive in sun or shade. One of the mo.-.t satisfactory low growing grow-ing hedges is made of rugosn roses. They are very hardy and do well along the sen-shore. sen-shore. The flowers continue throughout the summer and are succeeded by bright colored seed pods which are as hand-.vome hand-.vome as the flowers themselves. They should be closely pruned the first season sea-son and after that pruned only to remove re-move the lie, n , i.uil For general satisfaction nothing surpasses sur-passes the Japanese barberry for a hedge The thorny growth discourages intruders and the graceful growth and beautiful foliage, which turns brilliantly colored in the autumn, and tbo bright berries, all make it tremendously attractive. attrac-tive. Among hedges for screening outhouses and similar purposes the rhododendron is excellent, and the old fashioned lilacs which were used for such purposes have not outgrown their usefulness. They are sometimes subject to scale, but proper spraying will take care of thut We may not be able to equal the wdiito hedgerows of England in picturOBQUe and Sentimental qualities, bUl some of our American thorns may be utilized advantageously. advan-tageously. Both the scarlet and white flowering are handsome in their bloom-iug bloom-iug season and are valuable for their late and light colored fruit The honey locust, with Its long spines aud delicate foliage, is another excellent shrub or tree for hedge planting. If one is considering the winter as well as the summer appearance of the gardt n, evergreen hedges arc desirable. The Siberian arbor vita is the beet of all that genus for thia country, exceedingly hardy, well shaped nnd compact npd keeps its color well in the winter. The hemlock spruce, one of the loveliest of all evergreens, makes u splendid tall hedge when clipped. Tho Norway spruce, too, when curefully pruned, can bo kept low and shapely, It is particularly particu-larly good as a w indbreak or screen. The Austrian, white and Scotch pines may bo nsod in the same way. Such screens afford af-ford excellent shelter for tender plants. All evergreen hedges should bo pruned in the .spring just before they begin 0 ffl BED "ROOM 1 V y Jg jjBED "ROOM SECONT) FLOO"R e growing. Arbor vita may also be summer sum-mer pruned it it grows too rapidly. A dwarf nrhor vita, slow growing, compact com-pact and symmetrical, makes a splendid border for a formal garden. in planting evergreens care should be taken not to lot the roots become dried. Plants for hedges should be placed nbout twelve inches apart Pifrs mar ! used at the comers and entrance where " p'"t la enclosed with a hedge. This gives character and d f-inltenees. f-inltenees. It is also effective to let the hedges grow tall at the entrance and then trim them to form an arch. |