Publication - Hedges for Canadian Gardens

Titre en anglais
Hedges for Canadian Gardens
Numéro de publication
0899E
Année de publication
1980
Auteur(s)
Sujet(s)
Type
Livre
Coût
Publication gratuite
Langue
Anglais
Région
Ottawa/Hull (RCN)
Aussi disponible en :
État
Disponible
Pages
1-33
ISBN
0-662-10847-7
Numéro de catalogue
A53-899/1980E
Sommaire en anglais
Hedges have been made a special feature of the ornamental grounds on many of the experimental farms and research stations of Agriculture Canada since their inception. Until recent years, the collection of hedges at the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa (Figure 1) was the largest on the continent. Since 1889 when the project was started, 169 species and varieties of trees and shrubs have been tested as hedges. At present there are 65 species in demonstration hedges, including several of the original planting, as well as the several kilometres of hedges along roadways and farming enclosures. These latter are mainly formed of arborvitae (commonly known as cedar).

There are also hedge collections on some 20 research stations from Charlottetown, P.E.I., to Sidney on Vancouver Island, B.C. These stations have supplied much of the information contained in this publication.

Brief reports on most of the material tried in these hedge collections are presented in tabular form at the end of the publication. Comments on the species of outstanding value are found in the section entitled 'Notes on the best hedges'.
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