. Bulletin - Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Agriculture -- Massachusetts. EXPERIMENTS WITH HEDGES 13 (r'h' tri(i<-<i)ith(is. Co-M3i()N A liardy tree \e to the Middle States. Too larae and strona- for a small liedue, hut adaj)ted to Iiea\y duty. Foliage fine, pinnate; shoots stiff and strong, set with long and ex- tremely efficient thorns. For a "l)ull-tight" iiedge, designed to turn back all intruders, this would lie (|uite the tiling. However, it is altogetiier too harsh for any domestic use. Moren\er it camiot he }n-uned to make a s
. Bulletin - Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Agriculture -- Massachusetts. EXPERIMENTS WITH HEDGES 13 (r'h' tri(i<-<i)ith(is. Co-M3i()N A liardy tree \e to the Middle States. Too larae and strona- for a small liedue, hut adaj)ted to Iiea\y duty. Foliage fine, pinnate; shoots stiff and strong, set with long and ex- tremely efficient thorns. For a "l)ull-tight" iiedge, designed to turn back all intruders, this would lie (|uite the tiling. However, it is altogetiier too harsh for any domestic use. Moren\er it camiot he }n-uned to make a slia];eiy iiedge of moderate size. Hjldriiiiiji <i. (Irl}<)r(si-( lis. I IvnuANiaoA. \'igorous hardy shrub making an annual growth of 4-6 feet; stems straight and rather coarse, foli- age larae, coarse, clean, and free from disease; flowers white, abundant, in large showy trusses, lasting ihroughout the late summer. This shrub does not make a hedge, strictly speaking, but can he used f(n- an informal liorder marking. The j)ractice here is :o cut it down to the gr(uin(l early each spring, a treatment i;nder which it tliri\es and yields its best blossoms. These bios- sonis are its principal merit. It should he noted that this is not the ;e {H. jxaiiculiifii (iraixllffiira), the variety most commonly grown. The Peegee hydrangea may also be used in the same manner, tliouuh the Sn th hydrantrea is Smooth Hytlr-i'igea bears ciuantities ol flowers Init cannot be sliearecl into Iiedge form. Lhiustruni <iniurfiisi-. . I'kivet. ,\ strong hard}' shrui) admirably ada])ted for hedges. Plants make an amuial growth of L'O-.'JO inches, the hedge is I feet high and 4- feet broad, in good condition excejit that it is thinniii!™ out somewhat at the iiottom. The in-i\ets are nearly all good hedge materials. They stand shearing well, are perfectly clean and hardy (with rare exceptions), and have the ad- vantage that they will grow re,ison;;bly well
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