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Eenew the fertility of ground that has been heavily cropped by 

 applications of fresh soil, rotted turf, or leaf mould, and transplant 

 hawthorn before the buds begin to expand. 



Pleasure Grounds. — Gather up fallen leaves from all the 

 corners and odd places into which they may have been drifted by 

 the winds, and place them in proper depots to be rotted into 

 manure. Turn over those heaps made up last year, and turn and 

 mix compost to prepare it for being carted out to such places as it 

 is intended to enrich by its application. 



A. Paterson. 



Paultons, Komsky, Hampshire. 



SCOTLAND. 



ALL hedge pruning and digging should be carried on as expedi- 

 tiously as possible, and the prunings cleanly raked and burnt 

 in Suitable places, observing always to do so at a good distance from 

 anything, whether hedges, trees, or other subject, liable to injury, 

 whether from the flames or heat. New hedges may be formed as 

 recommended last month through preparing the hedge bed : trench- 

 ing, pulverizing the soil, and thorough drainage should be strictly 

 attended to. 



Sharply look after trees, shrubs, young plants, and plantations of 

 all kinds, including hedges, that they be not injured by ground 

 game. Wire netting in its own place is an excellent protection 

 whether for groups or single trees ; but where its use is impracticable, 

 the composition made by Nathan Ahlbottn, 50 Shore Street, Leith, 

 will be found most efficient. 



Shooting rides may be formed and whins or gorse cut, whether 

 to relieve trees choked by them, for access to kill rabbits, or other 

 reasons. 



Drains should be well looked to that they be kept clear of 

 branches, leaves, etc. Neglect in this is often fraught with very 

 serious consequences, which can never be remedied by any future 

 efforts. 



Cutting timber of all kinds except such as is to be barked should 

 now be done, and birch, heather, and wood of all kinds should also 

 be cut, and cleared from the plantations and stacked or piled up, in 

 their respective places. 



Planting should also be prosecuted whensoever the ground is in 

 proper condition for doing so, but not otherwise. 



Fences and especially wire fences should be seen to that no wires 



