72 MARCH. 



Planting and plashing of hedges should 

 now be finished, if not done before; so also 

 the pruning and grafting of fruit-trees, and the 

 planting of deciduous trees. Timber is felled, 

 coppice-wood cut, and plantations thinned, if 

 not done in February. Hop-plantations are 

 formed, and the old hills are cut and dressed. 

 Osiers are now cut, preparatory to peeling: 

 when cut, they are set on end in sheaves, in 

 standing water, a few inches deep, till, by the 

 ascension of the sap in May, they will readily 

 peel. Birch trees are tapped in this month, 

 and Birch wine made: some trees will run 

 twenty-four gallons in as many hours. There 

 are many operations in the garden this month ; 

 digging, planting, and sowing. Water mea- 

 dows are closed for the first crop. 



ANGLING. 



The fresh- water fish which are about spawn- 

 ing, or are more or less out of season, are trout, 

 salmon, chub, pike, and perch; roach is now 

 excellent, and may be found and baited for as 

 in last month. 



