The " Rural New Yorker " has a correspondent who recommends red cedar for farm hedges, for the following qualities:—It bears pruning well. It is not subject to any disease. Thin, poor land is as ...

Yew and Western red cedar are good for this, as is holly (Ilex aquifolium). Hedges also alleviate extreme weather: a useful attribute given a Met Office forecast that by 2070, UK winters will be ...