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36 On Hedging. 
other simple contrivances—a mound of earth is to be 
piled up ina sloping bank to support them—having 
first ploughed a narrow stripe at a little distance from 
the hedge course, the more easily to procure mould for 
the purpose. | } 
This mould would rather be of benefit than detri- 
ment to the, hedge, although if both its sides were to be 
banked up to any considerable height, it might kill it 
entirely ; for there are few plants that can bear to be 
set much deeper in the ground than they grow naturally, 
but when the earth is elevated on one side only, the 
hedge will suffer no injury therefrom, and will thus ap- 
pear planted on the side of a bank without any ditch.* 
HOW NEAR TO A WOOD OR GROVE OF TALL 
TIMBER TREES, MAY A HEDGE BE PLAN- 
TED,.SO AS NOT TO SUFFER INJURY OR 
HAVE ITS GROWTH IMPEDED THEREBY? 
At the same proximity: to such a wood as where In- 
dian corn would thrive, a hedge also will do well, that is 
about the length of the trees off, from where they stand, 
or alittle farther. There are some species of trees, how- 
* As to the method of splashing of hedges, it is not neces- 
sary to describe it here, as it is only adapted for such as are 
old, ill managed, or here and there detective of plants. Any 
person who is curious may see a full description oi splashing, 
illustrated with a cut, in the American edition of the *Do- 
mestic Encyclopedia,” by’Dr. Mease, of Philadelphia ; a book 
that is or ought to be, in the hands of every husbandman 
and house-keeper in America. 
