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For the first three years after planting, the hedge should be headed 

 back to within six inches of the commencement of the last year's 

 growth. This secures the thickness of the hedge, and it is indispen- 

 sable; afterwards it may be allowed to take its height more rapidly. 

 Plashing is only resorted to to mend or renew an old or imperfect 

 hedge. Planting on a ridge and by the side of a ditch, so common in 

 moist England, is generally worse than useless in dry America. 



A. J. DOWNING, 



