16 THE PRACTICAL PLANTER. 



exposures and barren soil, they should be re- 

 moved thereto at the end of the two first sea- 

 sons of nursing. 



QUICK, OR WHITE THORN. 



This most useful plant may remain either 

 one or two seasons in the seminary, accord- 

 ing to the progress it may have made. Plant 

 in lines twelve inches apart, and two in line. 

 At the end of one season, remove the plants 

 into other lines twelve inches apart, and four 

 in line. Their roots may be gently pruned. 



The cause of removing them at the end 

 of the first year, is to encourage the progress 

 of their fibrey roots. At the end of the se- 

 cond, they will be fit for hedging in any situ- 

 ation whatever ; nor will plants of any age 

 or size outgrow them within the third year, 

 if they are properly kept clean 'afterwards. 

 This I have proved by repeated experiments, 

 made impartially on very different soils and 

 situations. But of this, see Chap. X. Sect. I. 



Hitherto I have taken no notice of the 

 time of planting. For the deciduous kinds, 

 I esteem from the middle of February to 



