On Hedging. : q 
A piece of ground about twenty-one yards square 
will be sufficient for the transplantation of ten thousand 
plants, set in rows about fourteen inches wide one row 
from another, and three inches apart from plant to plant 
in the row. 
The appropriate piece of ground being well secured 
from the intrusion of cattle, the work of planting is to 
be set about as early in the spring as possible, having 
regard however to the state of the weather, and the 
condition of the ground ; for it is much more injurious © 
to dig and dress the soil when too wet, than to have the 
plants put in when the mould is rather inclining to 
dry. The effects of a dry mould can in part be obvi- 
ated by dipping the plants in water at the time of set- 
ting; but to spade, rake, plant and tread upon a 
soil surcharged with moisture is often of very bad con- 
sequences. But although the earliest season is to be 
embraced for this business that the nature and situation 
of things will admit of, yet so long as the hawthorn buds, 
in that part of the country where the work is to be 
done, are not yet opened, the planting will be in good 
time, and if the cions have been buried in a northern 
exposure this will retard the sap a little, and afford more 
time, to wait for a favourable opportunity. 
When the soil is in a suitable condition to work well 
with the spade, and break easily under the rake, the 
opportunity of a mild calm day must be taken to begin 
the work. The ground is then to be neatly spaded, break- 
ing the clods and levelling it properly as the work- 
men proceed. So soon as three or four feet in width is 
digged, that portion is to be raked smooth, and the 
planting immediately to commence, that the mould 
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