. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. NoVKMBKK 19, 1914. The Florists^ Review 13. FoUage and Fruits G>mbine to Make Berberis Thunbergi}, la its Native Form, One of the Best of Hedges. locust, is good as a defensive hedge. Rhamnus cathartica, buckthorn, is good where a tall, strong hedge is desired. Philadelphus Lemoinei, the new French hybrid, is more moderate growing than the old P. coronarius and makes a splendid natural hedge, flowering pro- fusely while small. These do not at all exhaust the best of desirable hedge plants of a deciduous character. Various spiraeas, viburnums, ca
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. NoVKMBKK 19, 1914. The Florists^ Review 13. FoUage and Fruits G>mbine to Make Berberis Thunbergi}, la its Native Form, One of the Best of Hedges. locust, is good as a defensive hedge. Rhamnus cathartica, buckthorn, is good where a tall, strong hedge is desired. Philadelphus Lemoinei, the new French hybrid, is more moderate growing than the old P. coronarius and makes a splendid natural hedge, flowering pro- fusely while small. These do not at all exhaust the best of desirable hedge plants of a deciduous character. Various spiraeas, viburnums, carpinus, stephanandras and others are available, but I have already named more varieties than the average florist will care to know anything about. Fewer Evergreens. Coming to evergreens, we find the list a much more restricted one. Prob- ably the variety most in use is Thuya occidentalis, American arborsMtee. This makes a neat hedge, is hardy, with- stands dry conditions well and is a quick grower. Objections to its use are that it turns a brownish color in winter, and no matter how well headed in it may be, it is thrown out of shape to some degree by heavy snows. It is the most inexpensive of eversrreen hedges. A hedge can be profitably planted with 24-inch to 30-inch plants, ei^teen inches apart, at $1 per yard. Pioea excelsa, Norway spruce, makes a splendid thick hedge, one which can be closely cropped annually, T have seen hedges of this spruce in New Eng- land ten feet high and as much across. Which are perfect pictures, grand wind- breaks and aflFord shelter and nesting places far hundreds of birds. Set the Norway spruces twentv-four to thirtv- MX inches apart, according to size. Tsuga Qanadensis, or hemlock, when placed in a suitable position, one not too dry or windswept, makes easily the finest of all evergreen hedges, coming the nearest to the English yew of any of our North American evergreens. It suffers from dryness at the root more than other evergreens, but when
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