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otherwifc the cattle will foon deftroy it. In four 

 or five years the hedge will be out of danger, if in 

 the mean time it has been well weeded at lead twice 

 a year. The quickfets fhould not be tranfplantcd 

 into the hedges till they are three or four years old, 

 or about the fize of a large goofe-quill, and have 

 been regularly cut down to the ground every year 

 fmce they firft made their appearance in the nurfery; 

 —this procefs will increafe their fhoots more than 

 double. Any of the large roots, which are cut ofF 

 on tranfplanting, will form new plants, if immedi- 

 ately put into the ground about three inches diftant 

 in the rows, and ten or twelve between the rows, to 

 enable the hoe to pafs between them j — the tops 

 fhould be about half an inch above ground. Thus 

 two years are gained in raifing new plants, inftead 

 of adopting the old mode from feed. 



Should thefe obfervations be deemed worthy the 

 attention of the Society, and calculated to promote 

 the objed of it, the diJTemination of ufcful know-» 

 ledge, they are much at their fervice, from 



Sir, your very faithful friend. 



And obedient humble fervant, 



W.B.B. 



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