262 e new kind of fence. dcf. if, 



inches from it, as in the dotted line, D E fig. 5. and plant 

 in that line another row, sloping the reverse way, as from 

 Dto E. fig. 4. When these two lines are completed, the 

 fence, when viewed sideways, will have the appearance re- 

 presented at C C D B fig. 4. This kind of rail, however, is 

 not interlaced, as in a bafket ; but the two rows are 

 kept quite distinct ', as must appear evident by inspection 

 of the ground plan fig. 5. A B represents the gronnd 

 plan of those that slope from left to right ; and D E the plan 

 ©Fthose that ^>lope the reverse way, the tops of which meet at 

 C C fig. 4. 



These two rows, however, though distant from each o- 

 ther at the bottom, are made to incline inward, so as to 

 approach each other at the top, as in fig. 6. vvhtch repre- 

 sents an end view of the fence when completed. 



To complete the whole, let a thin slit of deal, like a 

 tile lath, be stretched along the top, as from C to C fig. 4, so 

 as that the stoops on each side of it, come close to it as in 

 fig. 4. the whole being bound by means of a straw rope 

 twisted round this lath and the top of the stoops j and 

 the {keleton of your fence is completed. In this state it 

 afsumes the appearance, and is an equally good fence as a 

 rail would be. 



To render it complete, however, you must take care, 

 after one side of the fence is finifhed, to lay the earth that 

 is to be in the interval between the two rows perfectly 

 smooth, and to plant, with a dibble, a row of sweet bria* 

 plants, as from a to 6 fig. 5. These plants (hould not 

 be more than two years of age ; and their tops, at the time 

 of planting, fhould be cut over quite dole by the ground, 

 1 his will make them pufti out with great vigour, so 

 as quickly to fill up the whole interval between the 

 plants, and to make a hedge as clofe as could be wilh- 

 ed. If the ground be good, and the operations properly 



