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twenty feet wide. No plant can be more suitable to fence 
in a poultry yard, as not the smallest chicken will be able 
to get through a fence of it properly trained. 
THE HONEY LOCUST. 
That horrid thorn, whose stem is armed with protrud- 
ed clusters of spears pointing every way to guard an 
orchard against the attempts of the lurking thief, is the 
only other kind of plant on hand at present, fit for the 
purpose of hedging. Although [have not yet made 
much progress in experimenting its capacity for this end, 
it has, I believe, been tried in other places, but how it 
answers I have nothing but conjectures to inform me. 
I have, however, no doubt of its eligibility to form 
strong and handsome hedges. Its foliage is extremely © 
beautiful, and goes to sleep every evening, by folding 
the lobes of the leaves together, like the clover and ma- 
ny other piants related to that class, at which time the 
change of its appearance so suddenly effected, is amu- 
sing to the observer. Four or five thousand plants of the 
honey locust are now on hand for sale. 
THE HOLLY 
Is a plant of the first rate estimate for hedges, but I 
have unfortunately never been able to procure seeds of - 
it since I commenced the nursery business in this place.- 
It grows plentifully in many parts of the country, and 
will probably thrive on a soil composed of an over pro- 
portion of sand for the haw-thorn to thrive. 
