. Garden guide; the amateur gardeners' handbook. Profusely illustrated with over 275 teaching plans and diagrams and reproduced photographs, all made expressly for this standard text book . Privet put to good use and charming city street arrangement 42 GARDEN GUIDE and Privets ten to twelve inches apart. The soil must be thoroughlyfirmed around the plants at setting. For pruning hedges, see chapter on Pruning. Board or picket fences are employed between the smaller subur-ban yards. These can be covered with Rambler Roses, Honeysucklein variety, or other climbers. By proper pruning and thinning
. Garden guide; the amateur gardeners' handbook. Profusely illustrated with over 275 teaching plans and diagrams and reproduced photographs, all made expressly for this standard text book . Privet put to good use and charming city street arrangement 42 GARDEN GUIDE and Privets ten to twelve inches apart. The soil must be thoroughlyfirmed around the plants at setting. For pruning hedges, see chapter on Pruning. Board or picket fences are employed between the smaller subur-ban yards. These can be covered with Rambler Roses, Honeysucklein variety, or other climbers. By proper pruning and thinning thesewill not get too heavy or cumbersome, and can readily be held backif the fence requires to be painted. Iron fences and galvanized oralumina plated fences are also used, the latter being strong and dur-able. Or again, a soil bank can be thrown up and be planted withtrees and shrubs. The consideration of brick and stone walls hardlycomes within the scope of this Hemlock Hedge. Tsuga canadensis. Imposing, yet the greenery issoft and pleasing For a complete work on the subject of thischapter, we recommend HEDGES, WINDBREAKS, SHELTERS AND LIVE FENCES, by E. PPowell. Planting, growth and management of hedge plants for country andsuburban homes. Gives accurate directions concerning hedges; how to plantand treat them; and especially concerning windbreaks and shelters. Price80c., postpaid. Secure this book where you bought your Garden Guide. Always consult Index to Contents. Familiarize yourself with it. There are hundreds of good things in this book that will escape your attention if you do not use the Index freely CHAPTER IV Trees and Shrubs Trees for Shade and Shelter Upon the Lawn—Street Trees—Evergreens—Planting Trees—Best Shrubs—Shrubs with EdibleBerries—Evergreen Shrubs—Ground Cover and Low GrowingShrubs—Low Growing and Trailing Shrubs for Various Pur-poses—Bushes for Wet Places—Flowering the Branches ofShrubs Indoors—Bl
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