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CATALPA BUNGEI
Nature's Summer House
HAVE Nature build your summer house. It will be done cheaper and
_ better and look far handsomer than any the carpenter can make,
and also last longer, as live wood outlasts dead wood, and further, there will
be no expense for painting or keeping in repair.
Once planted your expense is ended, and you have one of the finest shaded
retreats for hot weather that can possibly be imagined.
For this purpose use four, five, six or seven of our specially grafted Catalpa
Bungei trees, according to size of space desired, and set them in a square, if
four are used, or a circle, if more than four, about 6 feet apart. The best
way is to plant six in a circle and one in the center, as shown in the illustra¬
tion. These will thrive in almost any soil or situation.
Don’ t deny yourself this inexpensive luxury if you can by any means find
space for it. It will afford you more genuine pleasure and comfort than
almost anything else you can do.
The Gold Nursery Company
Mason City, West Virginia
BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME
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CALIFORNIA PRIVET
ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN HEDGE PLANTS. AND WHEN SHEARED. WHICH IT STANDS WELL, MAKES ONE OF THE
HANDSOMEST, RAPID GROWING SHRUBS. VERY DESIRABLE.
ROCHESTER LITHO. CO., ROCHESTER, N. Y. BARBERRY ^THUNBERGII
THIS MAKES A DENSE, LOW HEDGE. WILL STAND ANY AMOUNT OF SHEARING, IS PERFECTLY HARDY AND WILL
GROW IN ANY SUNNY, WELL-DRAINED POSITION
DECIDUOUS HEDGES
There is nothing quite so effective for the boundaries of
a lawn or property division as a hedge. It does not decay,
nor does it require paint, but grows more beautiful and
effective each year. The first cost of installing a hedge is
its only cost, so that, from an economical standpoint, it is
’ess expensive than a fence.
When a hedge is desired for screening, high-growing
varieties should be used that do not require trimming; but
when it is to act as a bordei or division, use shrubs of low,
dense-growing habit.
We recommend California Privet as being the best for
a- compact, dense growth and dark green foliage. Where
a formal effect is wanted, this can be trimmed in any
manner desired — rounded or flat on top, with square sides.
It is very hardy, withstanding our severe winters.
When a low hedge is wanted we recommend Thun-
berg’s Barberry — this is one of the most attractive and
ornamental hedges there is. It is much admired for its
beautiful foliage, compact growth, and red berries in
the fall.
The Gold Nursery Company
Mason City, West Virginia