PAGE EronT WEEK BY WEEK The Semiahmoo Sun and White Rock Weekly THURSDAY, MAY 1, 100%, In the Garden By G, E, SER! HEDGES. Until quite recently 1 monotonous privet or laurel, that there aro better subjects for Of deciduous hedges, the beech, hornbeam, cherry plum, briar, and thorn (quick) are tho most general, while the box, cypreas (Cupressus macrocarpa and Cupressux Law: soniana), lonicera nitida, eversrees oak, holly, thuya, and yew all make excellent evergreen hedges. Considering its importance, very Uittle forethought in given, as a general rule, to the choosing and planting of a hedge, which can do xouch to make or mar the garden, USES OF THE HEDGE Whether the hedge Is requ as a shelter for the wind, rereen, as a barrier, or purely as an ornament, are points which must be taken into consideration, and shrubs sulted to the soll and aspect should be chosen, Ever greens like holly, laurel or yew, and leafy, quick-growing deciduous shrubs like the elder or privet, are excellent for shelter from cold winds. As a screen, cypress, excallonia, holly, laurel, lonicera nitida, or yew are undoubtedly the best; while Mowering shrubs such as berberis, guelder rose, double gorse, flower- ing currant, lilac, shrubby honcy- suckle. or viburnum tinus, make but r) a an excellent ornamental hedge. Nothing is so suitable for a barrier as beech, hornbeam, miyrobella plum, or thorn. FORMING THE HEDGE Jn forming any hedge, it is, of ‘course, necessary to take into con- aideration the aspect, the quality of the soil. and many other par ticulars, All plants will not suit all fall situations, and all climates, soils, It is wise, therefore, to consider Yhat though there are many orna- amental plants and shrubs that will make good hedges, it is not all of these that may choose to flourish where we wish our hedge to grow. ‘As a general rule, the knife may be used unsparingly on all things suitable for hedges, and the hedge ¥, Garden Editor t wan the custom to plant the inevitable and of late years It hax been realized the hedge. * ridge, for by this means the lower part, not being overshadowed by the upper, will be kept thick, and tho lower part of the hodyo will Inst sound much longer, After they have been planted soveral yoars, hedges of most materials frequent- ly require to be eut down, the roll renovated, and, new plants Introduced, perhaps, Thin necessity, however, in very nerally the rosult of neglect in ly years, for where proper cai has been bestowed and annual pruning given, hedges will last for very many years, HOW TO PLANT Many scem to think that a hedge will krow anywhere and however it fx planted; but it must be borne In mind that a hedge, once planted, usually in position for many years, and If it is to do well, every care should be taken in its plant- Ing. A strip of ground 3 fe in whléh the hedge is to be plant- 4, should be trenehed to a depth of at least 2 fect, and vegetable refuse, leat mould, and well-dceayed manure should be forked in, Most hedge shrubs are Dest. planted from 2 to 3 fect in height, ey then more easily establish themselves. are casler to train, and are also cheaper. The larger the shrub the mote e necessary in planting. With exception of the quicker or such as the cupressus, the larger-growing shrub: recn oak oF the most hedge shrubs are best planted ev out 10 to 15 inches apart; if a very thick hedge is required two may planted some ten inches apart, the plants, as before, being 10 to 15 inches apart In the rows, but planted so that those of one row come opposite the middle of the in the other row. TIME FOR PLANTING rows be ps between those Mtself will be greatly improved by Sts use. All hedges, but especially those that bear the shears or clippe: ahould be cut upwards to a narrow | Hedges of deciduous shrubs arc, with few exceptions. best planted in November. The earth then is still warm and tho roots get hold of the soll almost immediately. ALL TIMES SHOWN Ly, White Repot fo: Rock Ar. White Rock Depot am. A8:30 Al1:05 am, B11:05, ra pdever 2zap Bio. | weirs, 4.05, LBs:15, y EA0, 85:50, | 45:35, A7:05, 7:45, AUD, 26:2, 88:25 | cs:05, arz:05, pam. Crescent Beach ata | A105. am. A5:30, GK, Geo, Hwy.) €8:05, 12:05 an, Rloverdate (vin | 37:10 wm, NE12:00, - Pac. & Trans | 524-10, see5.s0, ea;o5 | B28: Hu1s00, NBA.05, Canada Hwy.) NAT:00, Jobnston, K. George stwy, | 4829 pm. ATAD pam. ¥ia Johnston Stayte & King eae Sa: 1L28:00a.m, , 1:00 pm. | LB9:15 pm, Buena Vista Ain A-Dally, B—Dally Except Sunday & Holldays, E—Sunday ‘Holidays only. N—Vin Canada Customn, °F from Vancouver and New Westminstor. & LLimited to Saturday only. PASSENGER EXPRESS CHARTER SERVICE uch work, however, may be car- ried out during open weather until March. Avold frosty perlode and cold ploroing winds, Eyvergreena require more care in planting, ax (he oaven continue functioning even in mid-winter, ‘The wecond halt of September and ‘Octobur or April and enrly May aro the periods when tho conditions are usually the most fayorable, Long tap roots should alwaya be nhortaned back before plantl to ensure bushy plants, in th of deciduous ahrubs, 6 to 10 Inobow tho top of when th must be trimmed fro the nowly-planted hedge Dude bewin to awoll in Spring, Evorgreons are beat cut baok at planting ‘time, Water woll after putting the ahrubs In, and once a dry weather until the roots well establiahed, Should ‘ very dry senso follow, nyring the follage of evergreens every ening if the plants do not ap- pear to be thriving. In ate April or early May, during itu frat the hedge should be well watered a with a 2 to 3 Inch layer of equal parts of well- Wecayed manure and leaf mould, wook ear, 4 then mule! Severe frosts during the first winter after planting will probably bushes somewhat from After frosts, thereforc, nowly-planted shrubs should be firmed back with the foot, PRUNING AND CLIEPIN' Most hedges are best trimmed twice a year, in May and again ‘August or September; few shrubs will make much growth after the autumn trimming and will remain tidy all the winter Hedge-clipping is not matter for the amateur, and only the man ‘ith a very “straight eye” can trim successfully without some guidance in the form of a string an easy stretched taut horizontally and at the required helght. All hedges, especially evergreen hedges, are best cut to a point pyramidically; for if the top is allowed to overhang the bottom. the lower shoots will invariably dle off. 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