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soil is of ordinarily good character, or on raised ground, 

 when the soil is moist and liable to inundation, or in the 

 bottom of shallow trenches, when the ground is unusually 

 dry. "When the hedge is planted in such trenches a deep 

 layer of soil must cover the bottom, or the bottom may be 

 subsoiled and improved by means of a liberal addition of 

 manure. Hedges of tins kind may be used both by farmers 



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FIG. 75.— WELL-XEPT HEDGE; FORMAL LINES BROKEN BV FINE PLANTING. 



and gardeners for enclosing fields, orchards, parks, and 

 gardens. 



In planting a hedge a trench is dug from end to end for 



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its entire length ; to make it perfectly straight a line must 

 be used. The trench should be sufficiently deep, varying 

 according to the size of the plants, but never less than a 

 foot in depth and diameter. The soil must be trodden 

 down firmly after planting, while the plants are kept in a 

 perfectly straight row and at an equal distance. 



