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more length of trench must be opened at once than can 
be planted in the course of the day, so that the mould 
may be always somewhat soft and moist, which will be 
of essential benefit to the new planted plants; if the 
whole length of a side of a field can be set in the course 
of a forenoon, the plants being pretty well fastened by 
the hand and the roots completely covered with the 
mould, the filling in of the whole trench may be perform. 
ed by the plough, particularly if the soil is soft and clean 
and the surface evenly. Nevertheless, the whole of the 
plants are always to be fastened individually afterwards 
by the feet of the workmen, pressing them on each side, 
and also in the intervals between every two, and forcing 
them all to stand upright in the proper range of the 
hedge ; after which, a little of the soil scattered among 
their stems, will prevent the earth from cracking, and 
tend to keep moisture about their roots. 
If the soil, as well as the weather, should happen to 
be pretty dry, it will be of advantage to have a tub of 
water at hand to dip the goots of the plants therein, in 
successive parcels, immediately before they are plant- 
ed. The bulk of plants that have been brought out, 
ought also to be covered from the influence of the 
weather, and sprinkled occasionally with a little water, 
if the condition of the roots seem so dry as to re- 
quire it. 
When a hedge is planted in the fall, if the plants ar are 
rather small, it will be of good consequence to draw 
up some mould, about four or five inches deep on each 
side of it, forming a ridge with the plants in the centre ; 
this will serve to prevent them from being drawn up by 
