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straight along the middle thereof, in the manner here- 
after described, and plant the hedge. 
_ PLANTING THE HEDGE. — 
_ITFf the soil is naturally dry, the most eligible season 
for planting a hedge thereon is immediately after the 
fall of the leaf, but if inclining to moisture or subject 
to be overflowed during the winter, the planting had 
better be deferred until the spring, the plants having 
been previously taken up and assorted, as hath already 
been adverted to; the immediate preparation on the same 
day that the planting is to commence must be conduct- 
ed in the following manner. 
The hedge-course having formerly been laid off in 
the intended direction, cultivated and prepared as hath 
been already described, a deep furrow is to be run by the 
plough in the centre thereof, returning therein as often 
as may be found necessary, to form it deep enough and 
render it clear of clods or other obstacles. This opera- 
tion is to be conducted in a straight direction, by the 
assistance of a number of slender poles, placed in the 
~ usual mode of running lines in land surveying, and 
about thirty or forty yards apart from each other, but 
their distance must be regulated by the length of the 
garden line intended to be used in planting the hedge. 
The poles having been thrown down by the plough, 
are again to be set up in the trench, after it is made, to 
see if it is exactly straight, and shew if any farther cor- 
rection is necessary. The furrow, when evidently deep 
enough and no crook or bend appears in its whole 
length, is then ready for the reception of the plants. A 
