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I need not recommend them. I will only observe, that 
they are the most easy tree to propagate of any known; 
that they are suited to almost any kind of soil; a shovel 
full of manure is as beneficial to them as to .a hill of 
corn. Before I saw your advertisement, I had laid out 
the following method for making live fence : last sea- 
son I tried the experiment with I think the greatest suc- 
cess. I laid up a mound two or three feet high in the 
following manner: I took square spades and shovels, 
and cut out the sod in squares as deep as it would hold 
together, as much a slant as I wished to carry up the 
sides of the mound, laying it with care as you would 
lay brick, breaking joints, heaving in the loose dirt as 
the nature of the business requires. I made a trench 
on each side of the mound in course three or four feet 
wide and one deep, and left about one foot each side of 
the mound of the sward, unbroken to support the 
mound. JI left the mound when completed about two 
feet wide on top and a little dishing; I laid on top of the 
mound manure and mixed it with the loam, I beat the 
sides of the mound with spades to even and harden it 
together ; I then took poplar limbs and shoots not mate- 
rial which, sufficiently long to reach from the top to the 
bottom of the mound, that is to the old surface, leaving 
them three or four inches out: if long enough to top 
they will do better; I sort them; I take a suitable stick 
and make holes at six inches distance along the top and 
middle of the mound, I set the cuttings in them: a 
temporary fence is necessary if exposed to creatures, 
on each side. By experience I found the cions rooted 
from top to bottom. I think it best to lay the manure 
to the bottom of the mound. Iview the manure to be 
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