. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. WIND-BREAKS WIND-BREAKS 1979 the last row of orchard trees, if possible. It is usually best to use Dative trees for the wind-break, since they are hardy and well adapted to the partlcuhir climate. Wind-breaks often harbor injurious insects and fuup:i, and care must be takeu that species of trees liable to these
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. WIND-BREAKS WIND-BREAKS 1979 the last row of orchard trees, if possible. It is usually best to use Dative trees for the wind-break, since they are hardy and well adapted to the partlcuhir climate. Wind-breaks often harbor injurious insects and fuup:i, and care must be takeu that species of trees liable to these difficulties be not used. In the northeastern states, for example, it would be had practice to plant the wild cherry tree, since it is so much infested with the tent caterpillar. In some cases, very low wind- breaks may be as desirable as high ones. This is true in the open farming lands in the dry regions, since it may be necessary only to check the force of the wind near the surface of the ground. Wind-breaks only two or three feet high, placed at intervals, may have this effect. Fence-rows sometimes act as efficient wind- breaks. Along the sea-coast, gardeners often plant low hedges for the purpose of protecting the surface of the garden. Along the Atlantic coast, the California privet is considerably used. This is l,itfusfrtim ovali- foliiim, a Japanese plant. In parts of California, one of the mallow tribe [Lavaiera assurgentiflora, Fig. 2730) is used for this purpose. Farms in the open windy country may be efficiently protected by belts of wood- land, or if the country is wholly cleared, rows of trees may be established at intervals of a quarter or half mile across the direction of the prevailing winds. Fig. 2729. L. H. B. Wind-breaks in Middle California.—The most common wind-break seen in nnd<lle California is composed of a tall thick hedge of Monterey Cypvess (Cupressus tnacrocarpa), either clipped close or allowed to grow naturally; it withstands heavy winds bet
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