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has some hedges commenced right — they turn chickens, and would ahnost turn a rat now 

 — and hereafter the}' bid fair to be as impenetrable as a brick wall, and as formidable as a 

 hedge of Cherokee rose, in Louisiana. 



The great fault every where committed, is in not cutting back enough. The hedge 

 looks dense and formidable at two or three years old, and the proprietors " hate to mu- 

 tilate it." But they must cut and keep cutting, or they will never have a fence — that is 

 clear to me — and yet, except upon Prof. Tuhner's grounds, I did not see ten hedges that 

 had been half cut — nor three that had been cut enough. [Quite right — for the first three 

 years the only thing is to cut down the hedge, till it gets thick at the bottom. Ed.] 



There were, as near as I can learn, about 30,000,000 of this hedge plant raised in Il- 

 linois, last season, and there will be perhaps fifty millions this — and these will make a 

 " right smart chance of fence, if well planted and severely cut back — but I fear ten planters 

 will curse the plant grower, where one will bless him; and all from their own neglect or 

 folly — for I know that most dealers in hedge plants are very particular in their directions 

 to " cut and keep on cutting." Almost every promising native or foreign plant has been 

 tried for hedging and all abandoned, or nearly so, except the Osage Orange; and I fear 

 the majority of the existing hedges of that will prove a failure, from the fact above stated, 

 and not from any fault as yet discovered, in the nature of the plant itself, or in our soil 

 or climate as regards its cultivation. 



I noticed among trees that had been parts of a hedge once, the Honey Locust, ( Gledit- 

 schia,) and in Prof. Turner's grounds are several tall specimens of the thornless varie- 

 ty — a half picturesque and very desirable tree. I did not see it with the moon-beams 

 sifting through its feathery foliage, but the Professor described the sparkling shower of 

 light thus produced, as most delicious, and entirely unequalled in its singular appearance. 

 This variety should be oftener planted. 



The architecture in Jacksonville, I ought to say before closing, is not of a high order. 

 Many faults, and some bad ones, in the old public edifices — but better taste, and more 

 knowledge, are shown in the new. 



There are many new suburban cottages, a credit to the place. I asked the origin of so 

 much taste, and was told that all might be traced directly to your Cottage Residences 

 and the Horticulturist. A compliment to you, Mr. Editor, and well deserved. Truly 

 your friend, John A. Kennicott. 



Tlie Grove, III., July 10, 1852. 



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GREEN CROPS FOR MANURE. 



BY JAMES GOWEN, MT. AIRY, nilLADELPHIA. 



A. J. Downing, Esq. — Dear Sir: On the score of sound practice in agriculture, rather 

 than of courtesy to me, I claim the privilege of saying a word in relation to the strictures 

 in your last number, upon my remarks on " Green Crops as a Manure." I do not com- 

 plain that you took occasion to animadvert upon anything thing you found worthy of not- 

 ing in my Agricultural Address at Lancaster, being well aware that it was perfectly at 

 your option to single out for comment, whatever you might deem objectionable. Ack- 

 nowledging, also, that T have no right to expect every one should concur in my views, 

 upon a matter as susceptible of a difference of opinion, as the condition of farms and the 

 position of farmers differ — the circumstances being the rule by which to determine the 

 cessity or propriety of turning in a crop to serve as manure 



