THE PRACTICAL PLANTER. 



clipt, (as under directed), a surface, on the 

 same slope, from the bottom of the ditch to 

 the summit of the hedge, may be formed. 

 Dress the opposite side of the ditch hand- 

 somely, at the same time ; and, 



Provided the temporary fence has been a 

 dead-hedge or rail, let it now be cleared 

 away. Let the banking be levelled down, 

 and closed to the back of the hedge. But 

 if a top-dyke has been the safe-guard, and 

 if it is to be let remain standing, fill up the 

 interspace between it and the hedge, to the 

 level of the shelf in front. 



It may be necessary to remark here, that 

 if the ditch in question run along by the 

 side of a public road, not only in the scour- 

 ing up, but from the beginning, it should be 

 formed in the sunk-fence or ha-ha manner; 

 that is, the side whereon the hedge stands, 

 should be in all respects as above, and the 

 other should be laid in an easy slope, from 

 nothing on the side of the road, so as to 

 form an angle of about 80 with the face of 

 the ditch. 



This becomes a matter of caution for the 

 public welfare ; and this method should be 



