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Fences are of four kinds, the ditch, the wall, the paling, 
and the live fence. The three first are unsuitable to this 
country; the ditch, from its lodging stagnant water, and soon 
becoming filled up with the soil washed into it by the heavy 
rains; the wall, from its harbouring vermin; and the paling, 
from the expense of the first cost, and, in this climate, the 
rapidity of its decay. It is the live fence only we shall notice, 
as being the least expensive, the most durable, and best 
fulfilling the purposes intended. 
There are many plants in this country well adapted for a 
live fence. In employing such as we have reason to think 
have never yet been tried for the purpose, we ought always to 
make choice as the subjects of our experiments, of those which - 
are most addicted to throw up suckers from the root, and to 
branch near the bottom of the stem, as it is one of the best 
qualities of a fence to be thick and bushy near the ground. 
We have also to take into consideration the character of the 
climate, some plants being adapted to a dry, and others to a 
wet one. Hence the enclosures of parishes which are only 
occasionally visited by showers, ought to differ from those of 
. districts where the supply of rain is abundant. 
1, One of the commonest fences in the country is the 
Pinguin (Bromelia Pinguin). Its advantages are, that it 
thrives in almost every climate, that it serves the purpose 
of a fence almost as soon as planted, and requires very 
litle labour to keep it in order. On the other hand, it 
has always a ragged and unsightly appearance, and, unlike 
the Hawthorn, the Lime, and the Logwood, rather defaces 
than beautifies the aspect of a cultivated district. It is also 
a harbourage for one of the most destructive vermin the 
island is scourged with. Altogether, it ought never to be 
planted from choice, there being other plants answering the 
purpose equally well, and being free from its defects. It 
will, however, in all probability, be always a favourite in this 
country, the little trouble required in planting and keeping 
it in order, recommending it to the characteristic indolence 
of the inhabitants. This plant is cultivated from suckers, 
which take root readily. In the wet parishes it thrives best - 
