In the Garden
Once again a query has come: bow to replace a dead Macrocarpa hedge. Why anyone should plant Macrocarpa, that tender traitor, passes con- jecture, when Thuja Lobbii, which is trustworthy and nearly as rapid, is available and tolerably cheap. A hedge or screening bush that should be more popular than it seems to be is Cotoneaster Simonsii, which keeps both its leaves and red berries longer even than the rather more attractive firethorn (Coccinea, for choice). It mixes well enough with the Barberries, of which—for those who seek a screen—the white-stemmed Dictyophyllum is even lustier than our wild Barberry, which is well worth growing, though, as a hedge proper not of excessive height, a mixture of Darwinii and its cousin Stenophylla is perhaps the best. An experiment might be made with Henrii, which has a delightfully close yet comely
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